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φίλησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλησις φίλησεως

Structure: φιλησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: file/w

Sense

  1. a feeling of affection

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φίλησις φιλήσει φιλήσεις
Genitive φιλήσεως φιλήσοιν φιλήσεων
Dative φιλήσει φιλήσοιν φιλήσεσιν*
Accusative φίλησιν φιλήσει φιλήσεις
Vocative φίλησι φιλήσει φιλήσεις

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

  • ἐοίκε δ’ ἡ μὲν φίλησισ πάθει, ἡ δὲ φιλία ἕξει· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 52:4)
  • ἡ γὰρ φίλησισ οὐχ ἧττον πρὸσ τὰ ἄψυχά ἐστιν, ἀντιφιλοῦσι δὲ μετὰ προαιρέσεωσ, ἡ δὲ προαίρεσισ ἀφ’ ἕξεωσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 52:5)
  • ὅταν γὰρ κατ’ ἀξίαν ἡ φίλησισ γίνηται, τότε γίνεταί πωσ ἰσότησ, ὃ δὴ τῆσ φιλίασ εἶναι δοκεῖ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 70:1)
  • οὐ γάρ ἐστι φίλησισ περὶ ἐκείνουσ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ σῴζεσθαι βούλησισ τῆσ κομιδῆσ ἕνεκα· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 74:1)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν φίλησισ ποιήσει ἐοίκεν, τὸ φιλεῖσθαι δὲ τῷ πάσχειν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 80:4)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ φίλησίσ ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 56:4)

Synonyms

  1. a feeling of affection

Related

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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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