philosophus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈlo.so.pʰus/, [pʰɪˈɫ̪ɔs̠ɔpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlo.so.fus/, [fiˈlɔːs̬ofus]

Adjective

philosophus (feminine philosopha, neuter philosophum, adverb philosophē); first/second-declension adjective

1. 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 philosophōrum, lapis philosophicus
• philosophia
• philosophicus

Noun

philosophus m (genitive philosophī); second declension

1. 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 of philosophus

• → 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
• → Italian: filosofo
• → Kashubian: filozof
• → Luxembourgish: Philosoph
• → Maltese: filosfu
• → Norwegian Bokmål: filosof
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: filosof
• → Occitan: filosòf
• → Old Galician-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^[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
    
• philosophus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016