philosophus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰiˈlo.so.pʰus/, [pʰɪˈɫ̪ɔs̠ɔpʰʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈlo.so.fus/, [fiˈlɔːs̬ofus]
Adjective
philosophus (feminine philosopha, neuter philosophum, adverb philosophē); first/second-declension adjective
- philosophical
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | philosophus | philosopha | philosophum | philosophī | philosophae | philosopha | |
| Genitive | philosophī | philosophae | philosophī | philosophōrum | philosophārum | philosophōrum | |
| Dative | philosophō | philosophō | philosophīs | ||||
| Accusative | philosophum | philosopham | philosophum | philosophōs | philosophās | philosopha | |
| Ablative | philosophō | philosophā | philosophō | philosophīs | |||
| Vocative | philosophe | philosopha | philosophum | philosophī | philosophae | philosopha | |
Related terms
- lapis philosophi
- philosophia
- philosophicus
Noun
philosophus m (genitive philosophī); second declension
- philosopher
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | philosophus | philosophī |
| Genitive | philosophī | philosophōrum |
| Dative | philosophō | philosophīs |
| Accusative | philosophum | philosophōs |
| Ablative | philosophō | philosophīs |
| Vocative | philosophe | philosophī |
Derived terms
- philosophaster
Descendants
Descendants
- → Aragonese: filosofo
- → 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 Portuguese: filosofo
- Galician: filósofo
- Portuguese: filósofo
- → 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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016