Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόχρηστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόχρηστος φιλόχρηστον

Structure: φιλοχρηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving goodness or honesty

Examples

  • νῖκαι πάρεσμεν, αἱ γελῶσαι παρθένοι, νίκασ φέρουσαι τῇ φιλοχρήστῳ πόλει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2821)

Synonyms

  1. loving goodness or honesty

Related

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

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