Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλάβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλάβουλος φιλάβουλον

Structure: φιλαβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wilfully unadvised

Examples

  • Λατοῦσ παπταίνουσα πολὺν χόλον, ὦ πολύτεκνε, νῦν στένε τὰν πικρὰν καὶ φιλάβουλον ἔριν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1332)
  • μή, μή, πρὸσ σὲ Διόσ, μή, πρὸσ Διόσ, ὦ φιλάβουλε, κινήσῃσ τέφρῃ πῦρ ὑπολαμπόμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 802)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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