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philosophy
English
Alternative forms
- philosophie (obsolete)
- phylosophie (obsolete)
- phylosophy (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philosophía), from ????? (phílos, “loving”) + ????? (sophía, “wisdom”). Synchronically, philo- +? -sophy. Displaced native Old English ?þwitegung.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??l?s?fi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??l?s?fi/
Noun
philosophy (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies)
- (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
- (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
- (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
- (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
- (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
- A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
- (printing, dated) Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
- 2010, Thomas Wharton, Salamander, Emblem Editions (?ISBN)
- Although I prefer small pica. Or as its[sic] sometimes known, philosophy.
- – Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.
- 2010, Thomas Wharton, Salamander, Emblem Editions (?ISBN)
Meronyms
- See also Thesaurus:philosophy
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
philosophy (third-person singular simple present philosophies, present participle philosophying, simple past and past participle philosophied)
- (now rare) To philosophize.
See also
- Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms
- ideology
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “philosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “philosophy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
- "philosophy" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 235.
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summa
English
Etymology
From Latin summa.
Noun
summa (plural summas or summae)
- A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
Anagrams
- Mumas, maums, ummas
Finnish
(index su)
Etymology
From Latin summa.
Noun
summa
- sum (result of addition)
- amount (especially of money)
Declension
Derived terms
- adjectives: -summainen, summaton
- verbs: summata, summautua
- idioms: osiensa summa
Compounds
Anagrams
- ammus, sammu, samum
Icelandic
Etymology
From Latin summa (“sum, summary, total”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?m?a
Noun
summa f (genitive singular summu, nominative plural summur)
- (arithmetic) a sum; (a quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
Declension
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology 1
From summus, superlative of superus (“upper, higher”).
Pronunciation
- summa: (Classical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?s??m?ä]
- summa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?sum??]
- summ?: (Classical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma?/, [?s??m?ä?]
- summ?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?sum??]
Noun
summa f (genitive summae); first declension
- top, summit, highest point or place
- the principal or main thing
- (also mathematics) sum, summary, total
- (Medieval) the quarter, an English unit of weight and volume equal to ¼ ton or tun or 8 bushels
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
- Saccus lane debet ponderare viginti & octo petras & solebat ponderare unam summam frumenti
- A sack of wool ought to weigh twenty & eight stone & is accustomed to weigh one quarter of wheat.
- Saccus lane debet ponderare viginti & octo petras & solebat ponderare unam summam frumenti
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
- superus
Descendants
Noun
summ?
- ablative singular of summa
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- summa: (Classical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?s??m?ä]
- summa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?sum??]
- summ?: (Classical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma?/, [?s??m?ä?]
- summ?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?sum??]
Adjective
summa
- inflection of summus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
summ?
- ablative feminine singular of summus
Etymology 3
From summum (“highest place”), from summus, superlative of superus (“upper, higher”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?s??m?ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sum.ma/, [?sum??]
Noun
summa
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of summum
References
- summa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- summa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- summa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- summa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- summet
Verb
summa
- inflection of summe:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
summa c
- sum, result of addition
Declension
Anagrams
- mumsa
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