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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 εἰσελθὼν εἰσ τὰ ἴδια ἐκάλεσε τοὺσ φίλουσ καὶ Ζωσάραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Esther 5:18)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσε πάντασ τοὺσ φίλουσ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ἀφίσταται ὁ ὕπνοσ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου, καὶ συμπέπτωκα τῇ καρδίᾳ ἀπὸ τῆσ μερίμνησ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:10)
  • Καὶ ὠργίσθη ὁ βασιλεὺσ ὅτε ἤκουσε, καὶ συνήγαγε πάντασ τοὺσ φίλουσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπὶ τῶν ἡνιῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:28)
  • καὶ κατηγόρησαν τοῦ λαοῦ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα λέγοντεσ. ἀπώλεσεν Ἰούδασ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ τοὺσ φίλουσ σου, καὶ ἡμᾶσ ἐσκόρπισαν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 7:6)
  • Ἰούδασ ὁ Μακκαβαῖοσ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀπέστειλαν ἡμᾶσ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ στῆσαι μεθ̓ ὑμῶν συμμαχίαν καὶ εἰρήνην καὶ γραφῆναι ἡμᾶσ συμμάχουσ καὶ φίλουσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:20)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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