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φίλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλος φίλη φίλον

Structure: φιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

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

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	φίλος	φίλη	φίλον
	Genitive	φίλου	φίλης	φίλου
	Dative	φίλῳ	φίλῃ	φίλῳ
	Accusative	φίλον	φίλην	φίλον
	Vocative	φίλε	φίλη	φίλον
Dual	N/A/V	φίλω	φίλᾱ	φίλω
Dual	G/D	φίλοιν	φίλαιν	φίλοιν
Plural	Nominative	φίλοι	φίλαι	φίλα
	Genitive	φίλων	φιλῶν	φίλων
	Dative	φίλοις	φίλαις	φίλοις
	Accusative	φίλους	φίλᾱς	φίλα
	Vocative	φίλοι	φίλαι	φίλα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	φίλος φίλου	φιλώτερος φιλωτέρου	φιλώτατος φιλωτάτου
Adverb	φίλως	φιλώτερον	φιλώτατα

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

πόσοι Μίδαι καὶ Κροῖσοι καὶ Πακτωλοὶ ὅλοι μετέπεισαν αὐτὸν ἀφεῖναι μὲν τὴν ἐκ παίδων φίλην καὶ σύντροφον ἐλευθερίαν, πρὸσ αὐτῷ δὲ ἤδη τῷ Αἰακῷ γενόμενον καὶ μονονουχὶ τὸν ἕτερον πόδα ἐν τῷ πορθμείῳ ἔχοντα παρέχειν ἑαυτὸν ἕλκεσθαι καὶ σύρεσθαι καθάπερ ὑπὸ κλοιῷ τινι χρυσῷ τὸν αὐχένα δεθέντα; (Lucian, Apologia 2:3)
ἔνθεν ἔχων σύριγγα κατ’ ἤθεα καλὰ νομήων Πανὶ καὶ Ἑρμάωνι φίλην ἀνεβάλλετο μολπήν· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 157)
ἔνθεν ἀνερχομένοιο παρ’ εἰαμενὰσ Ἐρυμάνθου Σπάρτην καλλιγύναικα, φίλην πόλιν Ἀτρείωνοσ, κεκλιμένην ἐνόησεν ἐπ’ Εὐρώταο ῥεέθροισ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1110)
γείνατο δ’ Ἀστερίην ἐυώνυμον, ἥν ποτε Πέρσησ ἠγάγετ’ ἐσ μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 42:3)
ἀλλ’, ὦ γεραιαί, σέμν’ ἀφαιρεῖτε στέφη μητρόσ, πρὸσ οἴκουσ ὥσ νιν Αἰγέωσ ἄγω, φίλην προσάψασ χεῖρα· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic 1:16)

Synonyms

That which is loved or important
- ἀγαπητός (beloved, dear )
- φίλιος (beloved, dear)
- κήδειος (cared for, dear, beloved)
- ἐραστός (beloved, lovely)
- εὐωπός (friendly)
- οἰκεῖος (friendly)
- ἐραννός (lovely)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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That which is loved or important

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Sense

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That which is loved or important

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