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.
- "τάσ γε μὴν ἰδέασ, περὶ ὧν ἐγκαλεῖ τῷ Πλάτωνι, πανταχοῦ κινῶν ὁ Ἀριστοτέλησ καὶ πᾶσαν ἐπάγων ἀπορίαν αὐταῖσ ἐν τοῖσ ἠθικοῖσ ὑπομνήμασιν ἐν τοῖσ μετὰ τὰ φυσικὰ ἐν τοῖσ φυσικοῖσ διὰ τῶν ἐξωτερικῶν διαλόγων, φιλονεικότερον ἐνίοισ ἔδοξεν ἢ φιλοσοφώτερον ἐκ τῶν δογμάτων τούτων, ὡσ προθέμενοσ τὴν Πλάτωνοσ ὑπερείπειν φιλοσοφίαν οὕτω μακρὰν ἦν τοῦ ἀκολουθεῖν. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 147)
- τῶν δ’ ἰχθυοπωλῶν φιλοσοφώτερον γένοσ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν οὐδὲ μᾶλλον ἀνόσιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 6 2:3)
- "διὸ καὶ Σωκράτησ ὁ ὑμέτεροσ, ὦ Σιμμία, δοκεῖ μοι φιλοσοφώτερον χαρακτῆρα παιδείασ καὶ λόγου περιβάλλεσθαι, τὸ ἀφελὲσ τοῦτο καὶ ἄπλαστον ὡσ ἐλευθέριον καὶ μάλιστα φίλον ἀληθείασ ἑλόμενοσ τὸν δὲ τῦφον ὥσπερ τινὰ καπνὸν φιλοσοφίασ εἰσ τοὺσ σοφιστὰσ ἀποσκεδάσασ. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 96)
- καὶ παρ’ οὐδὲν ἐλθὼν καταποντωθῆναι, τύχῃ τινὶ παραλόγῳ σωθεὶσ ἄρτι τεθνηκότοσ τοῦ Καιπίωνοσ, ἐμπαθέστερον ἔδοξεν ἢ φιλοσοφώτερον ἐνεγκεῖν τὴν συμφοράν, οὐ μόνον κλαυθμοῖσ καὶ περιπτύξεσι τοῦ νεκροῦ καὶ βαρύτητι λύπησ, ἀλλὰ καὶ δαπάνῃ περὶ τὴν ταφὴν καὶ πραγματείαισ θυμιαμάτων καὶ ἱματίων πολυτελῶν συγκατακαέντων καὶ μνήματοσ ξεστοῦ λίθων Θασίων ἀπὸ ταλάντων ὀκτὼ κατασκευασθέντοσ ἐν τῇ Αἰνίων ἀγορᾷ. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 11 2:1)
- τὸ γὰρ ἄρχον ἐν ἑκάστῳ καὶ κρατοῦν θεῖόν ἐστιν ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὸσ περὶ τούτων φιλοσοφώτερον δοξάζειν καὶ λέγειν, ὡσ πάντων μὲν ὄντα κοινὸν ἀνθρώπων πατέρα τόν θεόν, ἰδίουσ δὲ ποιούμενον ἑαυτοῦ τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 27 6:2)
Synonyms
-
lover of knowledge
- πολύιδρις (of much knowledge, wisdom, shrewdness)
-
philosopher
