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

  • Φιλοτησίαι τὸ ἐπὶ τούτῳ, καὶ σκύφον εὐμεγέθη τινὰ αἰτήσασ προὔπιέν σοι τῷ διδασκάλῳ, ἢ ὁτιδήποτε προσειπών· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 16:6)
  • ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἐσ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ συνεχῶσ περιεσοβεῖτο ἡ κύλιξ καὶ φιλοτησίαι καὶ ὁμιλίαι καὶ φῶτα εἰσεκεκόμιστο. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 15:1)

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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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