Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλοσώματος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοσώματος φιλοσώματον

Structure: φιλοσωματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sw=ma

Sense

  1. loving the body

Examples

  • τοιούτῳ δεσπότῃ λατρεύουσαι καὶ τοιαῦτα πάσχουσαι πλανῶνται κατὰ τὸν βίον ὅσαι ψυχαὶ πρὸσ μὲν πόνουσ δειλαὶ καὶ ἀδύνατοι, δεδουλωμέναι δὲ ἡδοναῖσ, φιλήδονοι καὶ φιλοσώματοι, βίον αἰσχρὸν καὶ ἐπονείδιστον οὐχ ἑλόμεναι ζῶσιν, ἀλλὰ ἐνεχθεῖσαι πρὸσ αὐτόν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 134:1)

Synonyms

  1. loving the body

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

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