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φίλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλος φίλη φίλον

Structure: φιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. That which is loved or important: beloved, dear
  2. (less commonly): loving, friendly

Declension

First/Second 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.

Examples

  • ἔ[κλαγ]ον δὲ παρθένοι, φίλασ τ’ ἀνὰ ματρὶ χεῖρασ ἔβαλλον· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 11:4)
  • οὐκέτι φίλον φίλασ ἄγαλμ’ ὄψομαί σε ματρόσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 36)
  • ποῦ τὰσ φίλασ δῆτ’ εὐφρόνασ δείξεισ, ἄναξ, ἢ τῶν ἐν εὐνῇ φιλτάτων ἀσπασμάτων χάριν τίν’ ἕξει παῖσ ἐμή, κείνησ δ’ ἐγώ; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 5:4)
  • ἀλίμενόν τισ ὡσ εἰσ ἄντλον πεσὼν λέχριοσ ἐκπεσῇ φίλασ καρδίασ, ἀμέρσασ βίοτον. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric1)
  • Ἑρμῆν τε νόμιον ἄντομαι καὶ Πᾶνα καὶ Νύμφασ φίλασ ἐπιγελάσαι προθύμωσ ταῖσ ἡμετέραισι χαρέντα χορείαισ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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