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φιληκοί̈α

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιληκοί̈α

Structure: φιληκοϊ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from filh/kous

Sense

  1. fondness for hearing or listening to

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φιληκοί̈α φιληκοί̈ᾱ φιληκόϊαι
Genitive φιληκοί̈ᾱς φιληκοί̈αιν φιληκοϊῶν
Dative φιληκοί̈ᾱͅ φιληκοί̈αιν φιληκοί̈αις
Accusative φιληκόϊαν φιληκοί̈ᾱ φιληκοί̈ᾱς
Vocative φιληκόϊα φιληκοί̈ᾱ φιληκόϊαι

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.

Examples

  • διὸ δεῖ τῇ φιληκοϊᾴ πρὸσ τὴν φιλοδοξίαν σπεισάμενον ἀκροᾶσθαι τοῦ λέγοντοσ ἵλεων καὶ πρᾶον, ὥσπερ ἐφ’ ἑστίασιν ἱερὰν καὶ θυσίασ ἀπαρχὴν παρειλημμένον, ἐπαινοῦντα μὲν ἐν οἷσ ἐπιτυγχάνει τὴν δύναμιν, ἀγαπῶντα δὲ τὴν προθυμίαν αὐτὴν τοῦ φέροντοσ εἰσ μέσον ἃ γιγνώσκει καὶ πείθοντοσ ἑτέρουσ δι’ ὧν αὐτὸσ πέπεισται. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 61)

Synonyms

  1. fondness for hearing or listening to

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

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