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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

  • Ἐὰν δὲ παρακαλέσῃ σε ὁ ἀδελφόσ σου ἐκ πατρόσ σου ἢ ἐκ μητρόσ σου ἢ ὁ υἱόσ σου ἢ ἡ θυγάτηρ ἢ ἡ γυνή σου ἡ ἐν κόλπῳ σου ἢ φίλοσ ἴσοσ τῇ ψυχῇ σου λάθρα λέγων. βαδίσωμεν καὶ λατρεύσωμεν θεοῖσ ἑτέροισ, οὓσ οὐκ ᾔδεισ σὺ καὶ οἱ πατέρεσ σου, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 13:7)
  • καὶ Ἀχιτόφελ σύμβουλοσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, καὶ Χουσὶ ὁ πρῶτοσ φίλοσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 27:33)
  • ἀκηκόαμεν περὶ σοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ δυνατὸσ ἰσχύϊ καὶ ἐπιτήδειοσ εἶ τοῦ εἶναι ἡμῖν φίλοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:19)
  • καὶ ἦλθεν Ἀθηνόβιοσ φίλοσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ εἶδε τὴν δόξαν Σίμωνοσ καὶ κυλικεῖον μετὰ χρυσωμάτων καὶ ἀργυρωμάτων καὶ παράστασιν ἱκανὴν καὶ ἐξίστατο καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῶ τοὺσ λόγουσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 15:32)
  • ἐπιγνώμων δίκαιοσ ἑαυτοῦ φίλοσ ἔσται, αἱ δὲ γνῶμαι τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνεπιεικεῖσ. ἁμαρτάνοντασ καταδιώξεται κακὰ ἡ δὲ ὁδὸσ τῶν ἀσεβῶν πλανήσει αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:28)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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