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

  • τούσ γε μὴν φιλοστόργουσ ἡ συνήθεια. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 134:1)
  • ‐ Ἄγε, σὺ δ’ ἂν νοσῶν ἠβούλου φιλοστόργουσ οὕτωσ ἔχειν τοὺσ προσήκοντασ τούσ τ’ ἄλλουσ καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα, ὥστ’ ἀφεθῆναι μόνοσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔρημοσ; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 25:2)

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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