Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φίλαυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλαυλος φίλαυλον

Structure: φιλαυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of the flute

Examples

  • παύεσκε μὲν γὰρ ἐνθέουσ γυναῖκασ εὐιό́ν τε πῦρ, φιλαύλουσ τ’ ἠρέθιζε Μούσασ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 14)

Synonyms

  1. fond of the flute

Related

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

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