φιλομάθεια

English (LSJ)

[μᾰ], ἡ,

   A love of learning or knowledge, curiosity, Pl. R.499e, Ti.90b, Arist.EN1117b29; φιλομαθείας χάριν Str.14.1.16: in codd. of Pl.Ti. l.c. and later writers (as Phld.Mort.33, Asp. in EN88.9) freq. -μᾰθία. -έω, to be fond of learning, eager after knowledge, Pl.Lg.810a, Plb.1.13.9, Phld.Mort.38, Corn.ND14; φ. περί τινος Plb.3.59.4.