PHILOLOGUS fĭ lŏl’ ə gəs (Φιλόλογος, G5807, a lover of learning, learned). The first of five Christians to whom Paul sent greetings (Rom 16:15). The group, of which Philologus was apparently the leader, formed another house church in Rome (vv. 5, 10, 11, 15). His name is coupled with that of Julia, who may have been his wife or possibly his sister. If they were a Christian couple, Nereus and his sister prob. were their children.