Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόστονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόστονος φιλόστονον

Structure: φιλοστον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving sighs, piteous

Examples

  • τοιαῦτ’ ἐπεύχου μὴ φιλοστόνωσ θεοῖσ, μηδ’ ἐν ματαίοισ κἀγρίοισ ποιφύγμασιν· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. loving sighs

Similar forms

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

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