philosophicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλοσοφικός (philosophikós), from φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge”); equivalent to philosophia +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰi.loˈso.pʰi.kus/, [pʰɪɫ̪ɔˈs̠ɔpʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈso.fi.kus/, [filoˈs̬ɔːfikus]

Adjective

philosophicus (feminine philosophica, neuter philosophicum, adverb philosophicē); first/second-declension adjective

1. philosophical
   • 1731, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga

     Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	philosophicus	philosophica	philosophicum		philosophicī	philosophicae	philosophica
genitive	philosophicī	philosophicae	philosophicī		philosophicōrum	philosophicārum	philosophicōrum
dative	philosophicō	philosophicae	philosophicō		philosophicīs
accusative	philosophicum	philosophicam	philosophicum		philosophicōs	philosophicās	philosophica
ablative	philosophicō	philosophicā	philosophicō		philosophicīs
vocative	philosophice	philosophica	philosophicum		philosophicī	philosophicae	philosophica

Descendants

• Asturian: filosóficu
• Catalan: filosòfic
• French: philosophique
• Galician: filosófico
• Italian: filosofico
  • → Maltese: filosofiku
• Portuguese: filosófico
• Romanian: filozofic
• Sicilian: filusòficu
• Spanish: filosófico

References

• “philosophicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• philosophicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.