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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

  • καὶ οὐ μέμνηται, ὅταν πίνωσι, φιλιάζειν φίλοισ καὶ ἀδελφοῖσ, καὶ μετ̓ οὐ πολὺ σπῶνται τὰσ μαχαίρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:21)
  • ὅσοι οὖν ἐνθυμοῦνται, συνεξορμάσθωσαν καθάπερ δέδοκται ἐμοί τε καὶ τοῖσ ἑπτὰ φίλοισ συμβουλευταῖσ, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:11)
  • ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντοσ αὐτοῦ, δοχὴν ἐποίησε τοῖσ φίλοισ καὶ τοῖσ λοιποῖσ ἔθνεσι καὶ τοῖσ Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων ἐνδόξοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἄρχουσι τῶν σατραπῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 1:20)
  • καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ φίλοισ αὐτοῦ. κατὰ ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν Ἀστίν, ποιήσατε οὖν περὶ τούτου νόμον καὶ κρίσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 1:30)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ πότον πᾶσι τοῖσ φίλοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν ἐπὶ ἡμέρασ ἑπτὰ καὶ ὕψωσε τοὺσ γάμουσ Ἐσθὴρ καὶ ἄφεσιν ἐποίησε τοῖσ ὑπὸ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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