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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

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

  • τὸ λεγόμενον, οἰήματοσ ὑπούλου καὶ περιαυτολογίασ ἐνδιαθέτου μεστόσ, ὡσ ἔχων τι τῶν λεγομένων βέλτιον εἰπεῖν, μήτ’ ὀφρῦν χατὰ σχῆμα κινῶν μήτε φωνὴν εὐγνώμονοσ μάρτυρα φιληκοϊάσ προϊέμενοσ, ἀλλὰ σιγῇ καὶ βαρύτητι καταπλάστῳ καὶ σχηματισμῷ θηρώμενοσ δόξαν εὐσταθοῦσ καὶ βάθοσ ἔχοντοσ ἀνδρόσ, ὥσπερ χρημάτων τῶν ἐπαίνων ὅσον ἄλλῳ μεταδίδωσιν αὑτοῦ δοκῶν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 13 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. fondness for hearing or listening to

Related

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

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