Middle English Dictionary Entry
philosophe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | philosophe n. Also filosofe, philisophe, filozofe & philosophus. |
| Etymology | OE philosoph (from L) & L philosophus & OF filosofe; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A philosopher or a scholar.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)115 : Platon, þe grete philosophe..seide þat god wolde deie and him-selue to liue aȝen drawe.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)494 : Bi his fader men him leyd, As þe philosophus ous seyd.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)72/6 : Þise philosophes [Vices & V.(2): philosophres]..þis lif zuo moche hateden.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)80/4 : Þe greate filozofe, saynte pawel..ous proueþ..þet þe heȝeste guod ine þise lyue is..charite.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)120/23 : Þe filosofe zayþ þet yefþe is yeuynge wyþoute ayen-yefþe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)124/3 : Of þe uour uirtues cardinales spekeþ moche þe yealde philosofes.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)4195 : As the philisophe assenteth, Who dooth by counseyle nat repenteth.