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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

  • ἀνάλογον δ’ ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ καθ’ ὑπεροχὴν οὔσαισ φιλίαισ καὶ τὴν φίλησιν δεῖ γίνεσθαι, οἱο͂ν τὸν ἀμείνω μᾶλλον φιλεῖσθαι ἢ φιλεῖν, καὶ τὸν ὠφελιμώτερον, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστον ὁμοίωσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 69:3)
  • τῷ μὲν ἐπώνυμον ἠε͂ν, ὅτ’ Ὠκεανοῦ περὶ πηγὰσ γένθ’, ὃ δ’ ἀόρ χρύσειον ἔχων μετὰ χερσὶ φίλῃσιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 29:5)
  • Κόωσ δ’ ὀλόλυξεν ἰδοῖσα, φᾶ δὲ καθαπτομένα βρέφεοσ χείρεσσι φίλῃσιν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 32)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐσ ποταμὸν ἁλιμυρήεντα μεθῆκεν, ἂψ δ’ ἔφερεν μέγα κῦμα κατὰ ῥόον, αἶψα δ’ ἄρ’ Ἰνὼ δέξατο χερσὶ φίλῃσιν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 48:7)
  • ἄφαρ δ’ εὐνὴν ἐπαμήσατο χερσὶ φίλῃσιν εὐρεῖαν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 50:9)

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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