φιλόλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A compound of φίλος (phílos, beloved, loving) + λόγος (lógos, word, talk, reason).

Adjective

φῐλόλογος • (philólogos) m or f (neuter φῐλόλογον); second declension

  1. that loves to speak, loquacious
  2. loving logic
  3. passionate about learning, educated, learned
  4. student of words

Inflection

Descendants

Greek

Noun

φιλόλογος • (filólogos) m or f (plural φιλόλογοι)

  1. (linguistics) philologist

Declension

Further reading

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