Lewis Short
phĭlŏlŏgĭa (noun F) = φιλολογία: .
* In gen., love of learning or letters, literary pursuits, the study of polite literature (class.): ne et opera et oleum philologiae nostrae perierit,Cic. Att. 2, 17, 1; Vitr. 7 praef. § 4: Homerus philologiae omnis dux,id. ib.
* In partic., explanation, interpretation of the writings of others, philology (post-Aug.): quae philosophia fuit, facta est philologia,Sen. Ep. 108, 24.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary