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.
- μένοι βεβαίωσ φοβούμεθα μὴ λάθωμεν εἰσ πολυφιλίαν κολοβοῦ καὶ τυφλοῦ, φοβουμένου μὴ φιλίων ἐμπεσόντεσ; (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 1 4:1)
- καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα σεμνότητοσ μετέχει, ὅταν περὶ βίου καὶ θανάτου διεξέρχῃ, οἱο͂ν πέρασ μὲν γὰρ ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποισ τοῦ βίου θάνατοσ, ἢ ὅταν λέγῃσ καὶ φύσεισ διαιρῇσ καὶ διορίζῃσ, οἱο͂ν οὐ γὰρ γένοσ ἐστὶ φιλίων καὶ πολεμίων. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 5:1)
- "εἰ δεῖ τὸ φαινόμενον εἰπεῖν, καὶ μάλιστα παρακειμένησ τραπέζησ, ἣν ἀναιροῦσιν αἰρομένησ τροφῆσ φιλίων θεῶν βωμὸν οὖσαν καὶ ξενίων δὲ Θαλῆσ λέγει τῆσ γῆσ ἀναιρεθείσησ σύγχυσιν τὸν ὅλον ἕξειν κόσμον, οὕτωσ οἴκου διάλυσισ ἡ τροφῆσ ἀναίρεσίσ ἐστι· (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 15 1:1)
- φιλίων δ’ ἐπέων ἄρχετο, ξείνοισ ἅτ’ ἐλθόντεσσιν εὐεργέται δεῖπν’ ἐπαγγέλλοντι πρῶτον. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 9:2)
- καὶ γὰρ τῶν φιλιῶν αἳ μὲν μᾶλλον αἳ δ’ ἧττον. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 89:5)
Synonyms
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friendship
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friendliness
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sexual love
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fondness for
