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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

  • οὐ δὴ κλύω που πρὸσ θεῶν τοῖν μοι φίλοιν δακρυρροούντοιν, καί μ’ ἐποικτίρασ Κρέων ἔπεμψέ μοι τὰ φίλτατ’ ἐκγόνοιν ἐμοῖν; (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:15)
  • ἀμφοῖν γὰρ ὄντοιν φίλοιν ὅσιον προτιμᾶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 35:1)
  • Ὧδε μὲν δὴ Κάσσιοσ καὶ Βροῦτοσ ἐθνῃσκέτην, ἄνδρε Ῥωμαίων εὐγενεστάτω τε καὶ περιφανεστάτω καὶ ἐσ ἀρετὴν ἀδηρίτω, χωρὶσ ἄγουσ ἑνόσ, ὥ γε καὶ Γάιοσ Καῖσαρ, ὄντε τῆσ Μάγνου Πομπηίου μοίρασ, ἐκ μὲν ἐχθροῖν καὶ πολεμίοιν ἐποιήσατο φίλω, ἐκ δὲ φίλοιν ἦγεν ὡσ υἱώ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 17 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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