φιλόσοφος
Alt. φι^λό-σοφος, ὁ,
I. "a lover of wisdom", first used by Pythagoras, who called himself φιλόσοφος "a lover of wisdom", not σοφός, "a sage", Cic.: then in a wide sense of "scientific men, learned men", Plat., etc.
2. "a philosopher", i. e. "one who speculates on the nature of things and truth", Ar., etc.; defined as ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας φιλοθεάμων, Plat.
II. as adj. "loving knowledge, philosophic", id=Plat.: of arguments, etc., "scientific, philosophic", id=Plat.; τὸ φιλόσοφον ῀ φιλοσοφία, id=Plat.
III. adv., φιλοσόφως διακεῖσθαι Isocr.; φ. ἔχειν Plat.