φιλοσοφία
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 1 September 2015
Etymology
From φῐλόσοφος (philósophos, “loving knowledge”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from φῐ́λος (phílos, “love”) + σοφός (sophós, “skilled with handcrafts; wise”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.so.pʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.lo.soˈɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
Noun
φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (philosophíā) f (genitive φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- love of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge
- the study, investigation of a topic
- philosophy
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia :
- τῶν δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρρωστημάτων καὶ παθῶν ἡ φιλοσοφία μόνη φάρμακόν ἐστι.
- tôn dè tês psukhês arrhōstēmátōn kaì pathôn hē philosophía mónē phármakón esti.
- but for the soul's illnesses and sufferings, the only remedy is philosophy. (@perseus.tuftus.edu)
- τῶν δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρρωστημάτων καὶ παθῶν ἡ φιλοσοφία μόνη φάρμακόν ἐστι.
- New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 2:8:
- Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης...
- Blépete mḗ tis humâs éstai ho sulagōgôn dià tês philosophías kaì kenês apátēs...
- Watch that you are not taken captive by philosophy and empty deception...
- Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης...
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ hē philosophíā |
τὼ φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ philosophíā |
αἱ φῐλοσοφῐ́αι hai philosophíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς tês philosophíās |
τοῖν φῐλοσοφῐ́αιν toîn philosophíain |
τῶν φῐλοσοφῐῶν tôn philosophiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾳ têi philosophíāi |
τοῖν φῐλοσοφῐ́αιν toîn philosophíain |
ταῖς φῐλοσοφῐ́αις taîs philosophíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱν tḕn philosophíān |
τὼ φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ philosophíā |
τᾱ̀ς φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s philosophíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ philosophíā |
φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ philosophíā |
φῐλοσοφῐ́αι philosophíai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀφῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (aphilosophíā, “contempt for philosophy”)
Related terms
and their derivatives
- σοφῐ́ᾱ f (sophíā, “skill, wisdom”)
- σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; teacher”)
- φῐλοσοφέω (philosophéō, “philosophize, love knowledge”)
- φῐλοσόφημᾰ n (philosóphēma, “a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration, principal”)
- φῐλοσοφῐκός m (philosophikós, “concerned with philosophy”)
- φῐλόσοφος m (philósophos, “lover of wisdom, philosopher”)
and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”), φῐ́λος (phílos, “beloved, loving”)
Descendants
- Arabic: فلسفة (fálsafa)
- Greek: φιλοσοφία (filosofía)
- → Latin: philosophia (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: филосо́фия f (filosófija)
Further reading
- φιλοσοφία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φιλοσοφία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φιλοσοφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5385 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- metaphysics idem, page 527.
- philosophy idem, page 610.
- wisdom idem, page 982.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
- Hyphenation: φι‧λο‧σο‧φί‧α
Declension
declension of φιλοσοφία
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φιλοσοφία • | φιλοσοφίες • |
| genitive | φιλοσοφίας • | φιλοσοφιών • |
| accusative | φιλοσοφία • | φιλοσοφίες • |
| vocative | φιλοσοφία • | φιλοσοφίες • |
Synonyms
- κοσμοθεωρία f (kosmotheoría, “worldview”)
Related terms
- αμπελοφιλοσοφία f (ampelofilosofía, “inferior philosophy”)
- μεταφιλοσοφία f (metafilosofía, “metaphilosophy”)
- φιλοσοφημένος (filosofiménos, “philosophising”, participle)
- φιλοσοφικά (filosofiká, “philosophically”, adverb)
- φιλοσοφική (filosofikí, “school of philosophy”)
- φιλοσοφική λίθος f (filosofikí líthos, “philosopher's stone, (Latin): lapis philosophorum”)
- φιλοσοφικός (filosofikós, “philosophical”)
- φιλοσοφικότητα (filosofikótita, “philosophical character”)
- φιλόσοφος m or f (filósofos, “philosopher”)
- φιλοσοφώ (filosofó, “philosophise”)
- ψευδοφιλόσοφος m (psevdofilósofos, “pseudo-philosopher”)
and see at σοφός
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