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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

  • τήν τε τοῦ φίλου ἣν ἔχουσι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ βεβαίαν καὶ τοὺσ προγόνουσ ἡμῶν εὔνοιαν ἀναλογισάμενοι, δικαίωσ ἀπολελύκαμεν πάσησ καθ̓ ὁντινοῦν αἰτίασ τρόπον (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 7:7)
  • πλοῦτοσ προστίθησι φίλουσ πολλούσ, ὁ δὲ πτωχὸσ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπάρχοντοσ φίλου λείπεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 19:2)
  • ρόπαλον καὶ μάχαιρα καὶ τόξευμα ἀκιδωτόν, οὕτωσ καὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ καταμαρτυρῶν τοῦ φίλου αὐτοῦ μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 25:19)
  • ἀξιοπιστόστερά εἰσι τραύματα φίλου ἢ ἐκούσια φιλήματα ἐχθροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 27:6)
  • ΚΑΙ ἀντὶ φίλου μὴ γίνου ἐχθρόσ. ὄνομα γὰρ πονηρὸν αἰσχύνην καὶ ὄνειδοσ κληρονομήσει. οὕτωσ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸσ ὁ δίγλωσσοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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