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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 ἐλάλησε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν ἐνώπιοσ ἐνωπίῳ, ὡσ εἴ τισ λαλήσει πρὸσ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ φίλον. καὶ ἀπελύετο εἰσ τὴν παρεμβολήν, ὁ δὲ θεράπων Ἰησοῦσ υἱὸσ Ναυῆ νέοσ οὐκ ἐξεπορεύετο ἐκ τῆσ σκηνῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 33:11)
  • καὶ εἶπε. μὴ εὑρήσομεν ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον ἕνα̣ καὶ νῦν ποιήσομεν αὐτὸν φίλον καὶ σύμμαχον ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:16)
  • καὶ νῦν καθεστάκαμέν σε σήμερον ἀρχιερέα τοῦ ἔθνουσ σου καὶ φίλον βασιλέωσ καλεῖσθαί σε καὶ φρονεῖν τὰ ἡμῶν καὶ συντηρεῖν φιλίαν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ». (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:20)
  • ὁ δὲ Ἀντίοχοσ οἰόμενοσ καταφρονεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν ὀνειδίζουσαν ὑφορώμενοσ φωνήν, ἔτι τοῦ νεωτέρου περιόντοσ, οὐ μόνον διὰ λόγων ἐποιεῖτο τὴν παράκλησιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δἰ ὅρκων ἐπίστου ἅμα πλουτιεῖν καὶ μακαριστὸν ποιήσειν μεταθέμενον ἀπὸ τῶν πατρίων νόμων καὶ φίλον ἕξειν καὶ χρείασ ἐμπιστεύσειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:24)
  • ἔπεισε συλλύσεσθαι ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ δικαίοισ, καὶ διότι καὶ τὸν βασιλέα πείσειν φίλον αὐτοῖσ ἀναγκάζειν γενέσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:14)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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