Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλαθήναιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαθήναιος φιλαθήναιον

Structure: φιλαθηναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of the Athenians

Examples

  • οὔτοι φιλαθηναίου γέ ἐστι τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν μόνην ἀσπάζεσθαι τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ, τὴν δ’ ἄλλην ἅπασαν ὥσπερ ἐχθρὰν κρίνειν καὶ πολεμίαν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 177:10)

Synonyms

  1. fond of the Athenians

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

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