Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόπαις

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόπαις

Sense

  1. loving its young

Examples

  • φιλόπαισ δ’ ἦν ἐκμανῶσ καὶ Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ βασιλεύσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 801)
  • καὶ φιλόπαισ ὑπὸ γεῖσα δόμουσ τεύξασα χελιδὼν ἔκγονα πηλοχύτοισ ξεινοδοκεῖ θαλάμοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 16 1:1)
  • θαῦμα γὰρ εἰ Περίανδρον ἰδὼν οὐχ ἡρ́πασε γαίησ τὸν καλὸν ἢ φιλόπαισ οὐκέτι νῦν ὁ θεόσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 202)
  • πᾶσ φιλόπαισ λέγεται, Διονύσιε, κοὐ φιλοβούτταισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2552)
  • ἦν Ἰνὼ φιλόπαισ, ἀλλ’ ἀσεβὴσ Ἀθάμασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 253 1:2)

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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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