Φιλομαθής
eager to learn
Translated by David Whitehead21 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a man of experience.
Xenophon [writes]: "as you are eager to learn all these things, you must obviously put to use not only whatever you can learn from others but also be [yourself] a creator of stratagems against the enemy."1
Also [attested is the related nounfilomaqei/a ["eagerness to learn"].
Xenophon [writes]: "as you are eager to learn all these things, you must obviously put to use not only whatever you can learn from others but also be [yourself] a creator of stratagems against the enemy."1
Also [attested is the related noun
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλομαθής· ὁ ἔμπειρος. Ξενοφῶν· δεῖ δὴ φιλομαθῆ τούτων ἁπάντων ὄντα, οὐχ οἷς ἂν μάθοις τούτοις μόνοις χρῆσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ποιητὴν εἶναι τῶν πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους μηχανημάτων. καὶ Φιλομαθεία.
Betacode
*filomaqh/s: o( e)/mpeiros. *cenofw=n: dei= dh\ filomaqh= tou/twn a(pa/ntwn o)/nta, ou)x oi(=s a)\n ma/qois tou/tois mo/nois xrh=sqai, a)lla\ kai\ poihth\n ei)=nai tw=n pro\s tou\s polemi/ous mhxanhma/twn. kai\ *filomaqei/a.
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External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Added link; cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- added keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — David Whitehead