noun
phĭlŏlŏgĭa
Meaning
- love of learning
phĭlŏlŏgĭa, ae, f., = φιλολογία.
I. In gen., love of learning or letters, literary pursuits, the study of polite literature (class.):
ne et opera et oleum philologiae nostrae perierit, Cic. Att. 2, 17, 1; Vitr. 7 praef. § 4: Homerus philologiae omnis dux, id. ib.—II. In partic., explanation, interpretation of the writings of others, philology (post-Aug.):
quae philosophia fuit, facta est philologia, Sen. Ep. 108, 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
philologia ae, f
, φιλυλογία, love of study, literary culture: nostra.
In English words that came into English from phĭlŏlŏgĭa
- philologyphĭlŏlŏgĭa