φιλόσοφος

φῐλόσοφος, ὁ,

A lover of wisdom; Pythagoras called himself φιλόσοφος, not σοφός, Cic Tusc.5.3.9, D.L.Prooem.12;

τὸν φ. σοφίας φήσομεν ἐπιθυμητὴν εἶναι πάσης Pl.R.475b

, cf. Isoc.15.271;

ὁ ὡς ἀληθῶς φ. Pl.Phd.64e

sq.; φ. φύσει, τὴν φύσιν, Id.R.376c; φ. τῇ ψυχῇ, opp. φιλόπονος τῷ σώματι, Isoc.1.40: used of all men of education and learning, joined with φιλομαθής and φιλόλογος, Pl.R.376c, 582e; opp. σοφιστής, X.Cyn.13.6,9; later, academician, of the members of the Museum at Alexandria, OGI712 (ii A. D.), etc.

2 philosopher, i. e. one who speculates on truth and reality, οἱ ἀληθινοὶ φ., defined as οἱ τῆς ἀληθείας φιλοθεάμονες, Pl.R.475e; ὁ φιλόσοφος, of Aristotle, Plu.2.115b; ὁ σκηνικὸς φ., of Euripides, Ath.13.561a; as the butt of Com., Philem.71.1, Bato 5.11, Anaxipp.4, Phoenicid.4.16.

II as Adj., loving knowledge, philosophic,

ἄνδρες Heraclit.35

;

ἀνήρ Pl.Phd. 64d

;

τὸ φ. γένος Id.R.501e

; φ. φύσις ib.494a; ψυχή ib.486b; διάνοια ib.527b;

πειθώ Phld.Rh.1.269

S.; σύνεσις ib.p.211S. ([comp] Comp.);

οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι Pl.R.498a

, cf. IG5(1).598 ([place name] Sparta).

2 of arguments, sciences, etc., scientific, philosophic,

λόγοι Pl.Phdr.257b

; λόγοι -ώτεροι, of instructive speeches, Isoc.12.271;

-ώτερον ποίησις ἱστορίας Arist.Po.1451b5

; τὸ φ., opp. τὸ θυμοειδές, as an element of the soul, Pl.R.411e, but = φιλοσοφία, Plu.2.355b.

3 ingenious, Ar.Ec.571 (hex.).

III Adv.

-φως, διακεῖσθαι πρός τι Isoc. 15.277

;

φ. ἔχειν περί τινος Pl.Phd.91a

, cf. Cic.Att.13.20.4, etc.; opp. ῥητορικῶς, Phld. Rh.2.134S.; [comp] Comp.

-ωτέρως Arist.Sens.436a20

;

-ώτερον Cic.Att.7.8.3

. [Ar. l. c. has the penult. long, nowhere else found in poetry.]