φιλόσοφος
First/Second declension Adjective;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φιλόσοφος
φιλόσοφος
φιλόσοφον
Structure:
φιλοσοφ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- (substantive) lover of knowledge/wisdom
- (substantive) educated, learned person
- (substantive) professor
- (substantive) philosopher
- scientific, philosophic
Declension
First/Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐπάξεισ δὲ ἴσωσ καὶ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἐμὲ ξυμβουλήν τινα τοιαύτην οὐκ ἄκαιρον, ἀλλὰ φιλικὴν καὶ οἱῴ σοι χρηστῷ καὶ φιλοσόφῳ ἀνδρὶ πρέπουσαν. (Lucian, Apologia 6:2)
- καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον ἤδη τοῦ σκέμματοσ τοῦτο ἐτύγχανεν,^ εἰ δοκιμαστέοσ εὐνοῦχοσ ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν παραγγέλλων ^ καὶ νέων προστασίαν ἐγχειρισθῆναι ἀξιῶν, τοῦ μὲν καὶ σχῆμα καὶ σώματοσ εὐμοιρίαν προσεῖναι φιλοσόφῳ δεῖν λέγοντοσ, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον, πώγωνα βαθὺν ἔχειν αὐτὸν καὶ τοῖσ προσιοῦσι καὶ μανθάνειν βουλομένοισ ἀξιόπιστον καὶ πρέποντα ταῖσ μυρίαισ ἃσ χρὴ παρὰ βασιλέωσ ἀποφέρεσθαι, τὸ δὲ τοῦ εὐνούχου καὶ τῶν βακήλων χεῖρον εἶναι · (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 8:2)
- Εἰ δέ τισ ἐρεῖ τῶν πρὸσ ἅπαντα φιλονεικούντων, ὅτι τοῦτον ἴσωσ ἔγραψε τὸν λόγον ταῖσ Ἀριστοτέλουσ ἐντετευχὼσ τέχναισ, τὸν κράτιστον ἁπάντων τῶν λόγων, πολλὰ πρὸσ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν ἔχων, ἵνα μὴ μακρότεροσ τοῦ δέοντοσ ὁ λόγοσ γένηταί μοι, καὶ τοῦτον ἐπιδείξειν ὑπισχνοῦμαι τὸν ἀγῶνα πρὸ τῶν Ἀριστοτέλουσ τεχνῶν ἐπιτετελεσμένον αὐτῷ χρησάμενοσ τῷ φιλοσόφῳ μάρτυρι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 12 1:3)
- ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε ὁ Ἐπίκτητοσ ἐπιτιμῶν ἅμα συνεβούλευεν αὐτῷ ἀγαγέσθαι γυναῖκα καὶ παιδοποιήσασθαι ‐ πρέπειν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο φιλοσόφῳ ἀνδρὶ ἕτερον ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ καταλιπεῖν τῇ φύσει ‐ ἐλεγκτικώτατα πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀπεκρίνατο, Οὐκοῦν, ὦ Ἐπίκτητε, δόσ μοι μίαν τῶν σαυτοῦ θυγατέρων. (Lucian, (no name) 55:1)
- πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ τὰσ ὑποθέσεισ τῶν ἱστοριῶν ἐξελέξατο καλὰσ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖσ καὶ ἀνδρὶ φιλοσόφῳ προσηκούσασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 1:3)
- ὁ δέ, Τίσ γάρ σοι εἶπεν ὅτι φιλοσοφῶ; (Lucian, (no name) 13:1)
Synonyms
-
lover of knowledge
- πολύιδρις (of much knowledge, wisdom, shrewdness)
-
philosopher
