What is "philip"

Philip \Phil"ip\, n. [So called from their notes.] (Zo["o]l.)

1. The European hedge sparrow.

2. The house sparrow. Called also phip. [Prov. Eng.]

masc. proper name, from Latin Philippus, from Greek Philippos "fond of horses," from philos "beloved, loving" (see philo-) + hippos "horse" (see equine). In 16c., Philip and Cheyney was a way to say "any two common men."

Philip may refer to:

• Philip (name), a given name, derived from the Greek Φίλιππος (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"). Philip, Phillip, Phil, Philippe, Felipe, Philippus, etc. may also refer to:

Philip (in Greek Φιλιππoς; lived 4th century BC) was son of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, and brother of Cassander, by whom he was sent in 313 BC, with an army to invade Aetolia. But on his arrival in Acarnania the news that Aeacides, king of Epirus, had recovered possession of his throne, induced him to turn his arms against that monarch, whom he defeated in a pitched battle. Aeacides with the remnant of his forces having afterwards joined the Aetolians, a second action ensued, in which Philip was again victorious, and Aeacides himself fell in the battle. The Aetolians hereupon abandoned the open country, and took refuge in their mountain fastnesses. According to Justin Philip had participated with his two brothers, Cassander and Iollas, in the conspiracy for the murder of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He was the father of Antipater Etesias.

For other persons with the same name, see Philip (name)

Philip, son of Menelaus was a Macedonian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus (334 BC) he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus. In the battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) the Thessalian cavalry.

Philip is a given name, derived from the Greek (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (phílos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and (hippos, "horse"). In Ancient Greece, the ownership of horses was available only to those rich enough to afford them. Thus, "lover of horses" can also be understood as "noble". Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity.

Philip has many alternative spellings, many of them with two Ls (such as Phillips, mostly found as a surname), and also has many diminutive (or hypocoristic forms) including Phil, Flip, Feli, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps, and Pippo. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine, Philippa. Additionally, there is also; Philippe (from the French name, e.g. Philippe de Gueldres ( Philippa of Guelders)).

Philip (, died about 318 BC) was a Greek Macedonian nobleman that lived in the 4th century BC.

Philip was the son of Amyntas by an unnamed mother. He served as a military officer in the service of the Greek King Alexander the Great. Philip was known in commanding one division of the Phalanx in Alexander’s wars and commanded one of the divisions of the Phalanx at the Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC. His name doesn’t subsequently appear in the campaigns of Alexander, but can be at least distinctly identified.

Based on the implying of Plutarch (Pyrrhus 4.4), before Philip married Berenice he was previously married and had children, including daughters born to him. The identities of his former wife and children are unknown.

In c.325 BC, Philip married Berenice I as her first husband. Pausanias (1.7.1), criticises his marriage to Berenice I and describes him as ‘a Macedonian but of no note and of lowly origin’. The ancient sources don’t say anything else about him and there is no evidence against this. Philip must have been a nobleman of some social status and influence as he married the great-niece of the powerful Regent Antipater and the grandchild of Antipater’s brother Cassander.

Berenice bore Philip three children:

• Son, Magas
• Daughter, Antigone
• Daughter, Theoxena

Philip had died of unknown causes. After his death, Berenice and their children travelled to Egypt, where they were a part of the entourage of Berenice’s second maternal cousin Eurydice. Eurydice was then the wife of Ptolemy I Soter. By 317 BC, Berenice married Ptolemy I and became the Queen mother of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

As a posthumous honor to Philip; his son Magas when he served as a Priest of the Greek God Apollo, had dedicated an honorific inscription proudly naming him as the ‘the eponymous priest’ and ‘Magas son of Philip’.

Philip (, 294 BC – 279 BC) was a Greek Prince from Asia Minor who was of Macedonian and Thessalian descent.

Philip (, flourished 4th century BC) was a Greek nobleman who was a Macedonian Thessalian and his father’s first youngest brother (one of Philip’s paternal uncles) was Lysimachus one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great.

Philip was a son born to Alcimachus of Apollonia by unnamed Greek woman and had a brother also called Alcimachus. His known grandparent was his paternal grandfather Agathocles. Philip’s father served as an official, and as an active diplomat and administrator in the latter reign of King Philip II of Macedon who reigned 359 BC–336 BC and the first years of his son, King Alexander the Great reigned 336 BC–323 BC. Philip was named in honor of his paternal late uncle Philip, a soldier who died in the service of Alexander the Great.

Philip like his brother, appears to have been born and raised in Apollonia and is known from surviving inscriptional evidence. In a surviving inscription he is mentioned as Philip son of Alcimachus and little is known on him.

Philip (, flourished 4th century BC, died about 328 BC) was a Greek nobleman who was a Macedonian Thessalian.

Philip was the youngest of four sons born to Agathocles and his wife, perhaps named Arsinoe. His paternal grandfather may have been called Alcimachus and one of his brothers was Lysimachus one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great.

His father was a nobleman of high rank who was an intimate friend of King Philip II of Macedon, who shared in Philip II’s councils and became a favorite in the Argead court. Philip with his brothers grew up with the status of Macedonians; he with his brothers enjoyed prominent positions in King Alexander the Great’s circle and Philip with his brothers were educated at the court at Pella.

Philip served as a royal Hypaspist in the service of Alexander with his brothers. Not so long after the death of Cleitus the Black, Philip accompanied Alexander with 500 stades on foot, refusing the mount of Lysimachus’ horse who rode nearby. He remained near Alexander’s side, both in the pursuit of the supporters of Sisimithres; his Sogdianan rebels and their cavalry. In what followed after, Philip finally collapsed from exhaustion and died in Alexander’s arms. In his military actions, Philip was trying to emulate his second eldest brother, Lysimachus.

Philip had two nephews who were his namesakes: Philip the second son of his first eldest brother Alcimachus of Apollonia and Philip one of the sons of Lysimachus.