Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλαίτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαίτιος φιλαίτιον

Structure: φιλαιτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)ti/a

Sense

  1. fond of accusing, censorious, censoriousness
  2. liable to blame or attack

Examples

  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἐν οἷσ μὲν κατορθοῖ, τὸ πλέον δ’ ἔτι ὅπου καὶ πλημμελεῖ, τὸν καθ’ ἕκαστα οἰκεῖον λόγον ᾠήθημεν δεῖν προσάγειν, τὰ μὲν ἐπανορθοῦντεσ, ὑπὲρ ὧν δ’ ἀπολυόμενοι τὰσ ἐπιφερομένασ αἰτίασ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἱππάρχου, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἵππαρχον συνεξετάζομεν, ὅπου τι φιλαιτίωσ εἴρηκεν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 1 80:2)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πεπρῶσθαι φήσασ ὁ ποιητὴσ οὐκ ἐᾷ μέμφεσθαι φιλαιτίωσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 14:21)

Synonyms

  1. fond of accusing

  2. liable to blame or attack

Related

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

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