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φιλίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλίᾱ φιλίας

Structure: φιλι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: file/w

Sense

  1. friendship, love, affection, fondness
  2. friendliness, kindliness, without any affection
  3. sexual love, like ἔρως ‎(érōs)
  4. (with regard to things) fondness for
  5. regarded as the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, as νεῖκος ‎(neîkos) keeps them apart

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φιλίᾱ φιλίᾱ φιλίαι
Genitive φιλίᾱς φιλίαιν φιλιῶν
Dative φιλίᾱͅ φιλίαιν φιλίαις
Accusative φιλίᾱν φιλίᾱ φιλίᾱς
Vocative φιλίᾱ φιλίᾱ φιλίαι

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.

Synonyms

  1. friendship

  2. friendliness

  3. sexual love

  4. fondness for

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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