Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλοτήσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοτήσιος φιλοτήσιᾱ φιλοτήσιον

Structure: φιλοτησι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from filo/ths

Sense

  1. of friendship or love, promoting it
  2. sacred to friendship, the loving-, to drink healths

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ τὰ τῶν Μουσῶν ἔργα καὶ δῶρα μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ τῆσ Ἀφροδίτησ φιλοτήσια εἶναι, καὶ γὰρ τὸ ἔνδοξον, ὅ τινεσ τοῦ λόγου ποιοῦνται τέλοσ, ὡσ ἀρχὴ καὶ σπέρμα φιλίασ ἠγαπήθη· (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 2 8:1)
  • "νέοι τε γὰρ πάρεισι γεγαμηκότεσ, ὑφ’ ὧν δεῖ φιλοτήσια ἔργα τελεῖσθαι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 18:2)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ’ ἐτέλεσσε θεὸσ φιλοτήσια ἔργα, ἔν τ’ ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί, ἔποσ τ’ ἔφατ’ ἔκ τ’ ὀνόμαζε· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 28:6)
  • δέσποινα Πειθοῖ καὶ κύλιξ φιλοτησία, τὰ σφάγια δέξαι ταῖσ γυναιξὶν εὐμενήσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 5:26)
  • ἔδει δὲ ὀξύνεσθαι ὡσ Καρσί, παισί, φθειρσί, Φιλοτησία%10. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 1065)
  • διὰ δὲ τὴν τοιαύτην πρόποσιν ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ κύλιξ φιλοτησία, ὡσ ἐν Λυσιστράτῃ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 10614)
  • δέσποινα Πειθοῖ καὶ κύλιξ φιλοτησία. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 10615)

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

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