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φιλαναγνώστης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαναγνώστης φιλαναγνώστου

Structure: φιλαναγνωστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of reading

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὴν θεωρίαν ἠγάπησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ νοσοῦσιν ἐβοήθει τοῖσ φίλοισ καὶ συνέταττε θεραπείασ τινὰσ καὶ διαίτασ, ὡσ ἐκ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν λαβεῖν ἔστιν, ἦν δὲ καὶ φύσει φιλόλογοσ καὶ φιλαναγνώστησ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 8 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. fond of reading

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

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