A.fond of words, talkative, “οἶνος φιλολόγους ποιεῖ” Alex. 284; φ. καὶ πολύλογος, opp. βραχύλογος, of Athens, opp. Sparta, Pl.Lg.641e; fond of speaking, of Socrates, Id.Phdr.236e.
II. fond of dialectic, fond of philosophical argument, opp. μισόλογος, Id.La. 188c; “φ. γ᾽ εἶ καὶ χρηστός” Id.Tht.161a; “ὁ φιλόσοφός τε καὶ ὁ φ.” Id.R.582e, cf. Epicur.Sent.Vat.74, Phld.Lib.p.48 O.
2. fond of learning and literature, literary, “Λακεδαιμόνιοι . . ἥκιστα φ. ὄντες” Arist.Rh.1398b14; “φύσει Ἀθηναῖοι φ.” Str.2.3.7: opp. λογόφιλος(lover of reason), Zeno Stoic.1.67; “φιλολόγῳ ὑποκατακλίνεσθαι φιλομαθῆ” Plu. 2.618e, cf. 419d; opp. ἀπαίδευτος, Stob.4.22.107: opp. πολιτικός, Plu.Luc.42.
3. student, scholar, first used by Eratosthenes of himself, Suet.Gramm.10, cf. Str.14.5.15, D.H.Comp.25, Arr.Epict.2.4.1, Gal. Libr.Propr.Prooem.: but “φιλόλογος ὁ φιλῶν λόγους καὶ σπουδάζων περὶ παιδείαν: οἱ δὲ νῦν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμπείρου τιθέασιν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς” Phryn. 371.
4. of books, learned, Cic.Att.13.12.3 (Comp.): suitable for a literary man, connected with learning, ib.15.15.2. Adv. “-λόγως” learnedly, Poll.4.11, Arg.Ar.Ra.
5. φ. multa, much learned conversation, Cic.Att.13.52.2.