Adjective
Alt. of Philologic
Source: Webster's dictionaryNo language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself. J. R. R. Tolkien
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure
A.Lardinois, Have we Solon's verses? and E.Stehle, Solon's self-reflexive political persona and its audience, in 'Solon of Athens: new historical and philological approaches', eds. Source: Internet
At the same time, the philological study of Latin appeared to show that the traditional methods and materials for teaching Latin were dangerously out of date and ineffective. Source: Internet
At the same time, he neglected neither philological nor geographical, historical nor antiquarian material, to all of which he devoted numerous excursus. Source: Internet
As a schoolmaster, he had published a considerable number of pedagogic and philological programs. Source: Internet