φιλέω?
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration: phileō
Principal Part:
φιλέω
φιλήσω
ἐφίλησα
πεφίληκα
πεφίλημαι
ἐφιλήθην
Structure:
φιλέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I love, like, regard highly
- I treat kindly, welcome
- (post-Homeric) I show signs of affection, kiss
- (post-Homeric) I enjoy
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ὡς φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι, ἵνα φάγω, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:4)
- καὶ πορευθεὶς εἰς τὰ πρόβατα λαβέ μοι ἐκεῖθεν δύο ἐρίφους ἁπαλοὺς καὶ καλούς, καὶ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς ἐδέσματα τῷ πατρί σου, ὡς φιλεῖ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:9)
- ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ἐκ πάντων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐμίσησαν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο λαλεῖν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν εἰρηνικόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:4)
- καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μόνος εἰμὶ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ φοβοῦμαι μὴ εἰσελθὼν ἀποθάνω καθὼς καὶ οἱ πρότεροι, ὅτι δαιμόνιον φιλεῖ αὐτήν, ὃ οὐκ ἀδικεῖ οὐδένα πλὴν τῶν προσαγόντων αὐτῇ. καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ φοβοῦμαι μὴ ἀποθάνω καὶ κατάξω τὴν ζωὴν τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ τῆς μητρός μου μετ᾿ ὀδύνης ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὸν τάφον αὐτῶν. καὶ υἱὸς ἕτερος οὐχ ὑπάρχει αὐτοῖς, ὃς θάψει αὐτούς. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 6:15)
- δ σὺ πάντα γινώσκεις. σὺ οἶδας, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν ὕβρει οὐδὲ ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ οὐδὲ ἐν φιλοδοξίᾳ ἐποίησα τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ προσκυνεῖν τὸν ὑπερήφανον Ἀμάν, ὅτι ηὐδόκουν φιλεῖν πέλματα ποδῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς σωτηρίαν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:20)
- "ὦ Κομβάβε, ἐσθλὸν ἐόντα φιλέω τε μάλιστα φίλων ἐμῶν καὶ πάμπαν ἐπαινέω σοφίης τε καὶ εὐνοίης τῆς ἐς ἡμέας, ἣν δὴ ἐπεδέξαο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 19:4)
- καὶ σὲ πολλὸν ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ φιλέω μάλιστα, ναὶ μὰ τὴν κράμβην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 9 3:2)
- ου φιλέω ὃς κρητῆρι παρὰ πλέῳ οἰνοποτάζων νείκεα καὶ πόλεμον δακρυόεντα λέγει, ἀλλ ὅστις Μουσέων τε καὶ ἀγλαὰ δῶρ Ἀφροδίτης συμμίσγων ἐρατῆς μνῄσκεται εὐφροσύνης. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 82)
- Οὐ φιλέω μέγαν στρατηγὸν οὐδὲ διαπεπλιγμένον οὐδὲ βοστρύχοισι γαῦρον οὐδ ὑπεξυρημένον, ἀλλά μοι σμικρός τις εἰή καὶ περὶ κνήμας ἰδεῖν ῥοικός, ἀσφαλ εώ ς βεβηκὼς ποσσι, καρδίης πλέως. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 182)
- ῥητορικῆς φιλέω τρεῖς ἀστέρας, οὕνεκα μοῦνοι πάντων ῥητήρων εἰσὶν ἀρειότεροι: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3151)
Synonyms
-
I treat kindly
- ἀσπάζομαι (to welcome kindly, bid welcome, greet)
- ἀντασπάζομαι (to welcome or greet in turn, to receive kindly)
-
I enjoy