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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

  • δικαίωσ δὴ τοῖσ οὕτω φιλαύτοισ ὀνειδίζεται. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 90:3)

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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