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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

  • ἐγγὺσ ἀγών, φίλα τέκνα· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 141)
  • τὰ πρόσθε δ’ ἐχθρὰ φίλα· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 11:1)
  • φίλα θροεῖσ, φίλοσ Διόθεν εἶ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, strophe 12)
  • ὅταν γὰρ ἀκροχειρισάμενοι καὶ παίσαντεσ καὶ παισθέντεσ ἐν τῷ μέρει παύσωνται, εἰσ ὄρχησιν αὐτοῖσ ἡ ἀγωνία τελευτᾷ, καὶ αὐλητὴσ μὲν ἐν τῷ μέσῳ κάθηται ἐπαυλῶν καὶ κτυπῶν τῷ ποδί, οἱ δὲ κατὰ στοῖχον ἀλλήλοισ ἑπόμενοι σχήματα παντοῖα ἐπιδείκνυνται πρὸσ ῥυθμὸν ἐμβαίνοντεσ, ἄρτι μὲν πολεμικά, μετ’ ὀλίγον δὲ χορευτικά, ἃ Διονύσῳ καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ φίλα. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 10:5)
  • αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα δμῶασ ἀναψῦξαι φίλα γούνατα καὶ βόε λῦσαι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 66:7)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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