ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΙ, φιλολογοι
PHILOLOGOI, philologoi
Sounds Like: fee-LOH-loh-goy
Translations: lovers of words, scholars, philologists
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word derived from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'friend' or 'lover', and 'λόγος' (logos), meaning 'word', 'reason', or 'discourse'. Therefore, it literally means 'lover of words' or 'lover of discourse'. In ancient Greek, it referred to a scholar or a learned person, particularly one devoted to literary studies, language, or rhetoric. It describes individuals who are dedicated to the study and understanding of texts and language.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5376 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΝ — a lover of words, a scholar, a literary person
- ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΣ — philologist, a philologist, lover of discourse, lover of learning, scholar
- ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΥΣ — philologists, scholars, men of letters
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