φιλίᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φιλίᾱ
φιλίας
Structure:
φιλι
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- friendship, love, affection, fondness
- friendliness, kindliness, without any affection
- sexual love, like ἔρως (érōs)
- (with regard to things) fondness for
- regarded as the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, as νεῖκος (neîkos) keeps them apart
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.
- ὁμοίωσ δὲ τούτοισ κἀν ταῖσ φιλίαισ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων τούτων γίνεται· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 12:5)
- καταλέξω τούτων ἃ πάσχειν ἢ ποιεῖν ἀνάγκη τοὺσ ἐπὶ μισθῷ συνόντασ κἀν ταῖσ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων τούτων φιλίαισ ἐξεταζομένουσ ‐ εἰ χρὴ φιλίαν τὴν τοιαύτην αὐτῶν δουλείαν ἐπονομάζειν; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 1:2)
- ὑποσταίησ δὲ ἄν, εἰ καὶ μάγον ἢ μάντιν ὑποκρίνασθαι δέοι τῶν κλήρουσ πολυταλάντουσ καὶ ἀρχὰσ καὶ ἀθρόουσ τοὺσ πλούτουσ ὑπισχνουμένων καὶ γὰρ αὖ καὶ τούτουσ ὁρᾷσ εὖ φερομένουσ ἐν ταῖσ φιλίαισ καὶ πολλῶν ἀξιουμένουσ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 27:5)
- πραότητα μὲν οὖν καὶ ἀνεξικακίαν οὕτωσ ἔστιν ἐνεπιδείξασθαι ταῖσ ἔχθραισ, ἁπλότητα δὲ καὶ μεγαλοφροσύνην καὶ χρηστότητα μᾶλλον ἐν ταῖσ φιλίαισ. (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 91)
- τῆσ δὲ γε τῶν ἐπιεικῶν καὶ ἐλλογίμων οὐδ’ αὐτὸσ καταφρονεῖ πλοῦτον δὲ καὶ δόξαν ἡγεμονικὴν καὶ δύναμιν ἐν φιλίαισ οὐ διώκει, οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ φεύγει ταῦτα μετρίῳ προσόντ’ ἤθει οὐδὲ γὰρ τοὺσ καλοὺσ τῶν νέων διώκει καὶ ὡραίουσ, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ εὐαγώγουσ καὶ κοσμίουσ καὶ φιλομαθεῖσ· (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 2 15:1)
Synonyms
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friendship
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friendliness
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sexual love
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fondness for
