philosophaster
See also: Philosophaster
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun edit
philosophaster (plural philosophasters)
- A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
- Synonym: philosophe
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher
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See also edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From philosoph(us) (“philosopher”) + -aster.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰas.ter/, [pʰɪɫ̪ɔs̠ɔˈpʰäs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfas.ter/, [filos̬oˈfäst̪er]
Noun edit
philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension
- a bad philosopher, philosophaster
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | philosophaster | philosophastrī |
Genitive | philosophastrī | philosophastrōrum |
Dative | philosophastrō | philosophastrīs |
Accusative | philosophastrum | philosophastrōs |
Ablative | philosophastrō | philosophastrīs |
Vocative | philosophaster | philosophastrī |
References edit
- “philosophaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- philosophaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- philosophaster in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016