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φιλανθρώπευμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλανθρώπευμα φιλανθρώπευματος

Structure: φιλανθρωπευματ (Stem)

Etym.: from filanqrwpeu/omai

Sense

  1. a humane act

Examples

  • ἔχαιρε δὲ νικήσασ οὐχ οἷσ ἕξειν, ἀλλ’ οἷσ ἀποδώσειν ἔμελλε, καὶ τῆσ νίκησ οὐ τὸν πλοῦτον οὕτωσ οὐδὲ τὴν δόξαν, ὡσ τὴν διάλυσιν τοῦ φιλανθρωπεύματοσ ἐκείνου καὶ τὴν χάριν ἠγάπησεν. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 6 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. a humane act

Related

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

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