φιλοσοφέω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom φιλόσοφος (philósophos) + -έω (-éō)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.so.pʰé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰe.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.lo.soˈɸe.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfe.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfe.o/
Verb
editφῐλοσοφέω • (philosophéō)
- (intransitive) to love or pursue knowledge, philosophize
- (intransitive) to teach philosophy
- (transitive) to discuss philosophically, investigate, study
Conjugation
edit Present: φῐλοσοφέω, φῐλοσοφέομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐφῐλοσόφεον, ἐφῐλοσοφεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφῐλοσόφεον | ἐφῐλοσόφεες | ἐφῐλοσόφεε(ν) | ἐφῐλοσοφέετον | ἐφῐλοσοφεέτην | ἐφῐλοσοφέομεν | ἐφῐλοσοφέετε | ἐφῐλοσόφεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφῐλοσοφεόμην | ἐφῐλοσοφέου | ἐφῐλοσοφέετο | ἐφῐλοσοφέεσθον | ἐφῐλοσοφεέσθην | ἐφῐλοσοφεόμεθᾰ | ἐφῐλοσοφέεσθε | ἐφῐλοσοφέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφῐλοσόφουν | ἐφῐλοσόφεις | ἐφῐλοσόφει | ἐφῐλοσοφεῖτον | ἐφῐλοσοφείτην | ἐφῐλοσοφοῦμεν | ἐφῐλοσοφεῖτε | ἐφῐλοσόφουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφῐλοσοφούμην | ἐφῐλοσοφοῦ | ἐφῐλοσοφεῖτο | ἐφῐλοσοφεῖσθον | ἐφῐλοσοφείσθην | ἐφῐλοσοφούμεθᾰ | ἐφῐλοσοφεῖσθε | ἐφῐλοσοφοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: πεφῐλοσόφηκᾰ, πεφῐλοσόφημαι
Pluperfect: ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκειν, ἐπεφῐλοσοφήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκειν, ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκη |
ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκεις, ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκης |
ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκει(ν) | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκετον | ἐπεφῐλοσοφηκέτην | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκεμεν | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκετε | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήμην | ἐπεφῐλοσόφησο | ἐπεφῐλοσόφητο | ἐπεφῐλοσόφησθον | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήσθην | ἐπεφῐλοσοφήμεθᾰ | ἐπεφῐλοσόφησθε | ἐπεφῐλοσόφηντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
edit- φιλοσόφημα (philosóphēma)
Descendants
edit- → Aramaic: פלסף
- → Latin: philosophor
Further reading
edit- φιλοσοφέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “φιλοσοφέω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “φιλοσοφέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- philosophise idem, page 610.
- speculate idem, page 800.
- study idem, page 829.
- wisdom idem, page 982.