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φιλήδονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλήδονος φιλήδονον

Structure: φιληδον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(donh/

Sense

  1. fond of pleasure
  2. wont to bring delight

Examples

  • οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖσ φαῦλοι παρ’ ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν ὁρῶ δ’ ἔγωγε τοὺσ τοῖσ συρφετώδεσιν ὄχλοισ ἀρεστῶσ καὶ κεχαρισμένωσ ἐπιτηδεύοντασ λέγειν καὶ τὸν βίον ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ ἀσώτουσ καὶ φιληδόνουσ ἀποβαίνοντασ. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 9 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. fond of pleasure

Related

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

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