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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

  • ταῦτα καὶ πλείω τούτων εὐξαίμεθ̓ ἄν, εἰ μὴ θέλωσι τὸ ἄγαν φίλαυτον τοῦτ̓ ἀφέντεσ ἐσ τὸ κοινὸν πλουτεῖν καὶ μεταδιδόναι ἡμῖν τῶν μετρίων. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 6:4)
  • καταφρονεῖν ἀφαιροῦμεν, καὶ τάχιστα κολούεται τὸ αὔθαδεσ ἡμῶν καὶ φίλαυτον ἐν ταῖσ τοιαύταισ ἐλεγχόμενον ἀντιπαραβολαῖσ. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 6 13:1)
  • ἔστιν οὖν διαπορῆσαι πότερον ὀρθῶσ ἢ τοὐναντίον ὁ Ἡσίοδοσ εἶπε μηδὲ κασιγνήτῳ ἶσον ποιεῖσθαι ἑταῖρον ὁ μὲν γάρ εὐγνώμων καὶ κοινόσ, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, μᾶλλον ἐγκραθεὶσ δι’ ἀμφοτέρων σύνδεσμοσ ἔσται τῆσ φιλαδελφίασ ὁ δ’ Ἡσίοδοσ, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἐφοβήθη τοὺσ πολλοὺσ καὶ φαύλουσ διὰ τὸ δύσζηλον καὶ φίλαυτον. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 20 2:3)
  • αὑτοῦ γὰρ υἱὸν ἐπαχθὲσ ἴσωσ ἐγκωμιάζειν, ἀδελφοῦ δὲ σεμνὸν καὶ οὐ φίλαυτον ἀλλὰ φιλόκαλον καὶ θεῖον ὡσ ἀληθῶσ· (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 21 5:2)
  • ὁ δ’ Ἡσίοδοσ ὡσ ἐοίκεν ἐφοβήθη τοὺσ πολλοὺσ καὶ φαύλουσ διὰ τὸ δύσζηλον καὶ φίλαυτον. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 20 9:2)

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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