Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόψογος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόψογος φιλόψογον

Structure: φιλοψογ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of blame, censorious

Examples

  • ὄχλοσ γάρ, ὡσ ταραγμὸσ εἰσῆλθεν πόλιν, χωρεῖ γυναικῶν πρὸσ δόμουσ τυραννικούσ, φιλόψογον δὲ χρῆμα θηλειῶν ἔφυ, σμικράσ τ’ ἀφορμὰσ ἢν λάβωσι τῶν λόγων, πλείουσ ἐπεσφέρουσιν· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, iambic2)

Synonyms

  1. fond of blame

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

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