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φιλαλήθης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαλήθης φιλαλήθες

Structure: φιλαληθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving truth

Examples

  • εἰ δ̓ οὖν τινι τοιούτῳ ἐντύχοισ, φιλαλήθη τε κάλει τὸν τοιοῦτον καὶ χρηστὸν καὶ δίκαιον καί, εἰ βούλει, φιλόσοφον· (Lucian, 155:5)

Synonyms

  1. loving truth

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

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