# φιλοσοφία
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From φῐλόσοφος (phĭlósophos, “lover of knowledge or wisdom”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “beloved; loving”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “skilled with handcrafts; wise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰi.lo.so.pʰí.aː/ → /ɸi.lo.soˈɸi.a/ → /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pʰi.lo.so.pʰí.aː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰi.a/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ɸi.lo.soˈɸi.a/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/

### Noun

φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (phĭlosophĭ́ā) f (genitive φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension
* love of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge
* the study, investigation of a topic
* philosophy
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia :τῶν δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρρωστημάτων καὶ παθῶν ἡ φιλοσοφία μόνη φάρμακόν ἐστι.tôn dè tês psukhês arrhōstēmátōn kaì pathôn hē philosophía mónē phármakón esti.but for the soul's illnesses and sufferings, the only remedy is philosophy. (@perseus.tuftus.edu)
** New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 2:8:Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης...Blépete mḗ tis humâs éstai ho sulagōgôn dià tês philosophías kaì kenês apátēs...Watch that you are not taken captive by philosophy and empty deception...

#### Derived terms

* ἀφῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (aphĭlosophĭ́ā, “contempt for philosophy”)

#### Related terms

and their derivatives
* σοφῐ́ᾱ f (sophĭ́ā, “skill, wisdom”)
* σοφῐστής m (sophĭstḗs, “expert; teacher”)
* φῐλοσοφέω (phĭlosophéō, “philosophize, love knowledge”)
* φῐλοσόφημᾰ n (phĭlosóphēmă, “a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration, principal”)
* φῐλοσοφῐκός m (phĭlosophĭkós, “concerned with philosophy”)
* φῐλόσοφος m (phĭlósophos, “lover of wisdom, philosopher”)
and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”), φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “beloved, loving”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: φιλοσοφία (filosofía)
* Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ (philosophia)
* → Arabic: فَلْسَفَة (falsafa)
** → Azerbaijani: fəlsəfə
** → Bashkir: фәлсәфә (fəlsəfə)
** ⇒ Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵍⵙⴰⴼⵜ (taflsaft)
** → Crimean Tatar: felsefe
** → Kazakh: пәлсапа (pälsapa), фәлсафа (fälsafa)
** → Malay: falsafah
** → Ottoman Turkish: فلسفه (felsefe)
*** Turkish: felsefe
** → Persian: فلسفه
** → Swahili: falsafa
** → Uyghur: پەلسەپە (pelsepe)
** → Uzbek: falsafa
* → Latin: philosophia (see there for further descendants)
* → Russian: филосо́фия f (filosófija)

### Further reading

* “φιλοσοφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “φιλοσοφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* φιλοσοφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G5385 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. metaphysics idem, page 527.philosophy idem, page 610.wisdom idem, page 982.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
* Hyphenation: φι‧λο‧σο‧φί‧α

### Noun

φιλοσοφία • (filosofía) f (plural φιλοσοφίες)
* philosophy (science and belief system)

#### Synonyms

* κοσμοθεωρία f (kosmotheoría, “worldview”)

#### Related terms

* αμπελοφιλοσοφία f (ampelofilosofía, “inferior philosophy”)
* αντιφιλοσοφικός (antifilosofikós, “antiphilosophical”, adjective)
* μεταφιλοσοφία f (metafilosofía, “metaphilosophy”)
* φιλοσοφημένος (filosofiménos, “philosophising”, participle)
* φιλοσοφικά (filosofiká, “philosophically”, adverb)
* φιλοσοφική (filosofikí, “school of philosophy”)
* φιλοσοφική λίθος f (filosofikí líthos, “philosopher's stone”)
* φιλοσοφικός (filosofikós, “philosophical”, adjective)
* φιλοσοφικότητα (filosofikótita, “philosophical character”)
* φιλόσοφος m or f (filósofos, “philosopher”)
* φιλοσοφώ (filosofó, “philosophise”)
* ψευδοφιλόσοφος m (psevdofilósofos, “pseudo-philosopher”)
and see σοφός (sofós)

### Further reading

* φιλοσοφία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$