Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόστοργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόστοργος φιλόστοργον

Structure: φιλοστοργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ste/rgw

Sense

  1. loving tenderly, affectionate

Examples

  • γενναῖα γὰρ ταῦτα καὶ φιλόστοργα. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 5 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. loving tenderly

Related

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

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