Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόμουσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόμουσος φιλόμουσον

Structure: φιλομους (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mou=sa

Sense

  1. loving the Muses, loving music and the arts

Examples

  • χαῖρ’ ὦ πρεσβῦτα παλαιογενὲσ θηρατὰ λόγων φιλομούσων, σύ τε λεπτοτάτων λήρων ἱερεῦ, φράζε πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ὅ τι χρῄζεισ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests3)

Synonyms

  1. loving the Muses

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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