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φίλαυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλαυτος φίλαυτον

Structure: φιλαυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au(tou=

Sense

  1. loving oneself

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ φίλαυτοι πάντεσ, καὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἀνάγκη ἡδέα εἶναι πᾶσιν, οἱο͂ν ἔργα καὶ λόγουσ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 11 26:3)
  • καὶ φίλαυτοι μᾶλλον ἢ δεῖ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 13 9:1)
  • καὶ πρὸσ τὸ συμφέρον ζῶσιν, ἀλλ’ οὐ πρὸσ τὸ καλόν, μᾶλλον ἢ δεῖ, διὰ τὸ φίλαυτοι εἶναι· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 13 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. loving oneself

Related

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

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