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φιλόφρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόφρων φιλόφρονος

Structure: φιλοφρων (Stem)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. kindly minded, kindly, friendly, affable, kindly, kindly minded

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φιλόφρων φιλόφρονε φιλόφρονες
Genitive φιλόφρονος φιλοφρόνοιν φιλοφρόνων
Dative φιλόφρονι φιλοφρόνοιν φιλόφροσιν*
Accusative φιλόφρονα φιλόφρονε φιλόφρονας
Vocative φιλόφρων φιλόφρονε φιλόφρονες

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

  • ὀργὴ,δὲ χάριτοσ καὶ χόλοσ εὐμενείασ καὶ τοῦ φιλανθρώπου καὶ φιλόφρονοσ τὸ δυσμενὲσ; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 22 3:1)
  • προσπλευσάντων δ’ αὐτῶν τῇ Λιπάρᾳ καὶ φιλόφρονοσ ἀποδοχῆσ τυχόντων, ἐπείσθησαν κοινῇ μετὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων κατοικῆσαι τὴν Λιπάραν, ὄντων τῶν ἀπ’ Αἰόλου περιλελειμμένων ὡσ πεντακοσίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 9 4:1)
  • ἐφρούρουν δὲ τὸ χωρίον στρατιῶται πεντακισχίλιοι, στρατηγοῦντοσ Φιλόφρονοσ τοῦ Σπαρτιάτου. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 46 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. kindly minded

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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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