φιλόσοφος

Ancient Greek

From φίλος (phílos, “loving”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

φῐλόσοφος • (phĭlósophos) m or f (neuter φῐλόσοφον); second declension

Second declension of φῐλόσοφος; φῐλόσοφον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φῐλόσοφος phĭlósophos	φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon	φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō	φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō	φῐλόσοφοι phĭlósophoi	φῐλόσοφᾰ phĭlósophă
Genitive	φῐλοσόφου phĭlosóphou	φῐλοσόφου phĭlosóphou	φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin	φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin	φῐλοσόφων phĭlosóphōn	φῐλοσόφων phĭlosóphōn
Dative	φῐλοσόφῳ phĭlosóphōi	φῐλοσόφῳ phĭlosóphōi	φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin	φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin	φῐλοσόφοις phĭlosóphois	φῐλοσόφοις phĭlosóphois
Accusative	φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon	φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon	φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō	φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō	φῐλοσόφους phĭlosóphous	φῐλόσοφᾰ phĭlósophă
Vocative	φῐλόσοφε phĭlósophe	φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon	φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō	φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō	φῐλόσοφοι phĭlósophoi	φῐλόσοφᾰ phĭlósophă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	φῐλοσόφως phĭlosóphōs		φῐλοσοφώτερος phĭlosophṓteros		φῐλοσοφώτᾰτος phĭlosophṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἀφῐλοσόφητος (aphĭlosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
ἀφῐλόσοφος (aphĭlósophos, “without taste for philosophy, unphilosophical”)
ἐθελοφῐλόσοφος m (ethelophĭlósophos, “would-be philosopher”)
ἐμφῐλόσοφος (emphĭlósophos, “philosophical”)
ἰᾱτροσοφιστής m (iātrosophistḗs, “professor of medicine”)
ἰᾱτροφῐλόσοφος m (iātrophĭlósophos, “scientific doctor”)
φῐλοσοφέω (phĭlosophéō, “philosophize, love knowledge”) (and derivatives)
φῐλοσόφημᾰ n (phĭlosóphēmă, “a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration, principal”)
φῐλοσοφητέον n (phĭlosophētéon, “must pursue wisdom”)
φῐλοσοφητέος (phĭlosophētéos, “must pursue wisdom”)
φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (phĭlosophĭ́ā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
φῐλοσοφῐκός m (phĭlosophĭkós, “concerned with philosophy”)
φῐλοσοφομειρᾰκίσκος m (phĭlosophomeirăkískos, “young man of science”)

Greek: φιλόσοφος (filósofos)
→ Arabic: فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf) (see there for further descendants)
→ Aramaic: פילוסופא (pīlōsōp̄ā) (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: փիլիսոփոս (pʻilisopʻos)
→ Old Church Slavonic: философъ (filosofŭ) (see there for further descendants)
→ Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ (philosophos)
→ Georgian: ფილოსოფოსი (pilosoposi)
→ Hebrew: פילוסוף (filosof)
→ Latin: philosophus (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle Persian: [script needed] (pylʾswkpʾy /⁠fīlāsōfā⁠/)

Inherited from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

φιλόσοφος • (filósofos) m or f (plural φιλόσοφοι)