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φιλοστέφανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοστέφανος φιλοστέφανον

Structure: φιλοστεφαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving crowns, garlanded

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺσ Ιἕρων ὑποστείλασ ἑαυτὸν ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαίων σκέπην καὶ χορηγῶν ἀεὶ τούτοισ εἰσ τὰ κατεπείγοντα τῶν πραγμάτων ἀδεῶσ ἐβασίλευε τῶν Συρακοσίων τὸν μετὰ ταῦτα χρόνον, φιλοστεφανῶν καὶ φιλοδοξῶν εἰσ τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 16 10:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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