φῐλομάθ-εια [μᾰ],ἡ,
A. love of learningorknowledge, curiosity,
Pl. R. 499e , Ti. 90b , Arist. EN 1117b29 ; φιλομαθείας χάριν
Str. 14.1.16
: in codd. of Pl. Ti. l.c. and later writers (as Phld. Mort. 33 , Asp. in EN 88.9 ) freq.-μᾰθία. -έω, to be fond of learning, eager after knowledge,
Pl. Lg. 810a , Plb. 1.13.9 , Phld. Mort. 38 , Corn. ND 14 ; φ. περί τινος
Plb. 3.59.4
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