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φιλόλογος

φιλόλογος, fond of speaking

φῐλόλογ-ος, ον,
  • fond of words, talkative, οἶνος φιλολόγους ποιεῖ Alex. 284; φ. καὶ πολύλογος, opp. βραχύλογος, of Athens, opp. Sparta, Pl. Lg. 641e; fond of speaking, of Socrates, Id. Phdr. 236e.
    • II fond of dialectic, fond of philosophical argument, opp. μισόλογος, Id. La. 188c; φ. γʼ εἶ καὶ χρηστός Id. Tht. 161a; ὁ φιλόσοφός τε καὶ ὁ φ. Id. R. 582e, cf. Epicur. Sent.Vat. 74, Phld. Lib. p.48 O.
      • 2 fond of learning and literature, literary, Λακεδαιμόνιοι . . ἥκιστα φ. ὄντες Arist. Rh. 1398b14; φύσει Ἀθηναῖοι φ. Str. 2.3.7: opp. λογόφιλος(lover of reason), Zeno Stoic. 1.67; φιλολόγῳ ὑποκατακλίνεσθαι φιλομαθῆ Plu. QConv. 2.618e, cf. Def.orac. 419d; opp. ἀπαίδευτος, Stob. 4.22.107: opp. πολιτικός, Plu. Luc. 42.
      • 3 student, scholar, first used by Eratosthenes of himself, Suet. Gramm. 10, cf. Str. 14.5.15, D.H. Comp. 25, Arr. Epict. 2.4.1, Gal. Libr.Propr.Prooem.: but φιλόλογος ὁ φιλῶν λόγους καὶ σπουδάζων περὶ παιδείαν· οἱ δὲ νῦν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμπείρου τιθέασιν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς Phryn. 371.
      • 4 of books, learned, Cic. Att. 13.12.3 (Comp.): suitable for a literary man, connected with learning, ib. 15.15.2. Adv. -λόγως learnedly, Poll. 4.11, Arg. Ar. Ra.
      • 5 φ. multa, much learned conversation, Cic. Att. 13.52.2.
    • III studious of words, opp. φιλόσοφος, Plot. ap. Porph. Plot. 14, et ap. Procl. in Ti. 1.86 D., etc. (Freq. written parox. φιλολόγος in codd., as Pl. Tht. 161a (cod.B), EM 406.10: but φιλόλογος Hdn.Gr. 1.233 (from λόγος, not λέγω).)

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