Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλαλήθης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαλήθης φιλαλήθες

Structure: φιλαληθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving truth

Examples

  • κἀμοὶ μὲν τὰ καλὰ τῶν ἑταιρῶν ἀποφθέγματα πεπεράνθω μέχρι τούτων ἐπ’ ἄλλο δ’ εἶδοσ μεταβήσομαι λόγων, καὶ πρῶτον γε μνησθήσομαι τοῦ φιλαληθεστάτου Ἐπικούρου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 53 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. loving truth

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