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φιλόσοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόσοφος φιλόσοφος φιλόσοφον

Structure: φιλοσοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (substantive) lover of knowledge/wisdom
  2. (substantive) educated, learned person
  3. (substantive) professor
  4. (substantive) philosopher
  5. scientific, philosophic

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative φιλόσοφος φιλόσοφον
Genitive φιλοσόφου φιλοσόφου
Dative φιλοσόφῳ φιλοσόφῳ
Accusative φιλόσοφον φιλόσοφον
Vocative φιλόσοφε φιλόσοφον
DualN/A/V φιλοσόφω φιλοσόφω
G/D φιλοσόφοιν φιλοσόφοιν
PluralNominative φιλόσοφοι φιλόσοφα
Genitive φιλοσόφων φιλοσόφων
Dative φιλοσόφοις φιλοσόφοις
Accusative φιλοσόφους φιλόσοφα
Vocative φιλόσοφοι φιλόσοφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective φιλόσοφος φιλοσόφου φιλοσοφώτερος φιλοσοφωτέρου φιλοσοφώτατος φιλοσοφωτάτου
Adverb φιλοσόφως φιλοσοφώτερον φιλοσοφώτατα

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.

Examples

  • θηριώδεισ μεταβαλὼν Ἀλέξανδροσ, εἰκότωσ ἂν φιλοσοφώτατοσ νομίζοιτο. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 5 15:1)
  • εἰ τοίνυν μέγιστον μὲν οἱ φιλόσοφοι φρονοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῷ τὰ σκληρὰ καὶ ἀπαίδευτα τῶν ἠθῶν ἐξημεροῦν καὶ μεθαρμόζειν, μυρία δὲ φαίνεται γένη καὶ φύσεισ θηριώδεισ μεταβαλὼν Ἀλέξανδροσ, εἰκότωσ ἂν φιλοσοφώτατοσ νομίζοιτο. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 5 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. lover of knowledge

  2. philosopher

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Derived

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