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

  • "ὡσ γὰρ ἀθλητὰσ καταλύσαντασ ἄσκησιν ὑπὸ γήρωσ οὐ τελέωσ ἀπολείπει τὸ φιλότιμον καὶ φιλοσώματον, ἀλλ’ ἑτέρουσ ἀσκοῦντασ ὁρῶντεσ ἥδονται καὶ παρακαλοῦσι καὶ συμπαραθέουσιν· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 2412)

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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