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

  • χρὴ οὖν πειρᾶσθαι τοὺσ φιλαιτίουσ φεύγειν καὶ τοὺσ εὐγνώμονασ διώκειν, καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ὅσα μὲν δύνασαι ποιεῖν ὑπομένειν, ὅσα δὲ μὴ δύνασαι φυλάττεσθαι, ὅ τι δ’ ἂν πράττῃσ, τούτου ὡσ κάλλιστα καὶ προθυμότατα ἐπιμελεῖσθαι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 8 7:1)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION