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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

  • ἀλλ’ ὅπωσ οἱ παῖδέσ σου Πολυκράτησ καί Πυθοκλῆσ οἰκείοισ παραδείγμασιν ἐντρέφωνται, τὰ μὲν ἀκούοντεσ, τὰ δὲ ἀναγινώσκοντεσ, ἅπερ αὐτοὺσ μιμεῖσθαι προσήκει, φιλαύτου γὰρ ἀνδρόσ, οὐ φιλοκάλου, παντὸσ ἀεὶ βέλτιστον ἡγεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 1 4:1)

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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