philosophus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰɪˈɫɔ.sɔ.pʰʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈlɔː.s̬o.fus]
Adjective
philosophus (feminine philosopha, neuter philosophum, adverb philosophē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | philosophus | philosopha | philosophum | philosophī | philosophae | philosopha | |
| genitive | philosophī | philosophae | philosophī | philosophōrum | philosophārum | philosophōrum | |
| dative | philosophō | philosophae | philosophō | philosophīs | |||
| accusative | philosophum | philosopham | philosophum | philosophōs | philosophās | philosopha | |
| ablative | philosophō | philosophā | philosophō | philosophīs | |||
| vocative | philosophe | philosopha | philosophum | philosophī | philosophae | philosopha | |
Related terms
- lapis philosophōrum, lapis philosophicus
- philosophia
- philosophicus
Noun
philosophus m (genitive philosophī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | philosophus | philosophī |
| genitive | philosophī | philosophōrum |
| dative | philosophō | philosophīs |
| accusative | philosophum | philosophōs |
| ablative | philosophō | philosophīs |
| vocative | philosophe | philosophī |
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
- → Albanian: filozof
- → Aragonese: filosofo
- → Aromanian: filuzof, filusof
- → Asturian: filósofu
- → Azerbaijani: filosof
- → Bavarian: Philosoph
- → Catalan: filòsof
- → Danish: filosof
- → Dutch: filosoof
- →⇒ English: philosopher
- → Esperanto: filozofo
- → Estonian: filosoof
- → Finnish: filosofi
- → French: philosophe (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Philosoph (see there for further descendants)
- → Hungarian: filozófus
- → Interlingua: philosopho
- → Old Irish: felsub
- Middle Irish: felsam
- Irish: fealsamh
- ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: feallsanach
- Middle Irish: felsam
- → Italian: filosofo
- → Kashubian: filozof
- → Luxembourgish: Philosoph
- → Maltese: filosfu
- → Norwegian Bokmål: filosof
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: filosof
- → Occitan: filosòf
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: filosofo
- → Romanian: filozof
- → Spanish: filósofo
- → Swedish: filosof
- → Volapük: filosopan
- → Walloon: filozofe
- → West Frisian: filosoof
Further reading
- “philosophus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “philosophus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "philosophus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- philosophus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
- the tenets, dogmas of philosophers: decreta, inventa philosophorum
- to be well acquainted with the views of philosophers: praecepta philosophorum (penitus) percepta habere
- to deal with a subject on scientific principles: ad philosophorum or philosophandi rationes revocare aliquid
- to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
- philosophus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016