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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

  • «Βασιλεὺσ Δημήτριοσ Σίμωνι ἀρχιερεῖ καὶ φίλῳ βασιλέων καὶ πρεσβυτέροισ καὶ ἔθνει Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 13:36)
  • πλὴν ὅτι ἐπ̓ ὀρφανῷ ἐπιπίπτετε, ἐνάλλεσθε δὲ ἐπὶ φίλῳ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:27)
  • μὴ ἴσθι ἑταῖροσ ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει, φίλῳ δὲ ὀργίλῳ μὴ συναυλίζου, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 22:26)
  • μὴ ἀροτρία ψεῦδοσ ἐπ̓ ἀδελφῷ σου, μηδὲ φίλῳ τὸ ὅμοιον ποίει. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 7:12)
  • πρίν σε τελευτῆσαι, εὖ ποίει φίλῳ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου ἔκτεινον καὶ δῷσ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:13)
  • καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ὡσ φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι, ἵνα φάγω, ὅπωσ εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:4)

Synonyms

  1. That which is loved or important

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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