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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 ἐγένετο ἡ γυνὴ Σαμψὼν ἑνὶ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἐφιλίασεν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 14:20)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆσ λέγων. εἶπα ὅτι μισῶν ἐμίσησασ αὐτήν, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτὴν ἑνὶ τῶν ἐκ τῶν φίλων σου. μὴ οὐχὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτῆσ ἡ νεωτέρα ἀγαθωτέρα ὑπὲρ αὐτήν̣ ἔστω δή σοι ἀντὶ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 15:2)
  • καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι. τίσ ἐποίησε ταῦτα̣ καὶ εἶπαν. Σαμψὼν ὁ νυμφίοσ τοῦ Θαμνί, ὅτι ἔλαβε τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν τῷ ἐκ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ ἐνέπρησαν αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 15:6)
  • καὶ ἐμὲ ἐτίμησεν ἐναντίον τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ τῶν συμβουλευόντων καὶ πάντων τῶν φίλων καὶ μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:26)
  • ΜΕΤΑ δὲ ταῦτα ἐδόξασεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ἀρταξέρξησ Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδάθου Βουγαῖον καὶ ὕψωσεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπρωτοβάθρει πάντων τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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