φιλοσόφημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῐλοσοφέω (phĭlosophéō, “to love knowledge; teach philosophy”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῐλοσόφημᾰ • (phĭlosóphēmă) n (genitive φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. subject or scientific inquiry or philosophic treatise
  2. (in Aristotle) demonstrative syllogism, demonstration
    Antonym: ἐπῐχείρημᾰ (epĭkheírēmă)
  3. philosophic principle, rule of conduct
  4. shrewd device or invention

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ; τοῦ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ
tò phĭlosóphēmă 		τὼ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε
tṑ phĭlosophḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ
tằ phĭlosophḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος
toû phĭlosophḗmătos 		τοῖν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́τοιν
toîn phĭlosophēmắtoin 		τῶν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́των
tôn phĭlosophēmắtōn
Dative τῷ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτῐ
tōî phĭlosophḗmătĭ 		τοῖν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́τοιν
toîn phĭlosophēmắtoin 		τοῖς φῐλοσοφήμᾰσῐ / φῐλοσοφήμᾰσῐν
toîs phĭlosophḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ
tò phĭlosóphēmă 		τὼ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε
tṑ phĭlosophḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ
tằ phĭlosophḗmătă
Vocative φῐλοσόφημᾰ
phĭlosóphēmă 		φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε
phĭlosophḗmăte 		φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ
phĭlosophḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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