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

  • δυσάρεστοσ ἡμῶν καὶ φιλόψογοσ πόλισ. (Euripides, episode16)
  • ταῦτα δὴ καὶ τῷ Πιττακῷ λέγει ὅτι ἐγώ, ὦ Πιττακέ, οὐ διὰ ταῦτά σε ψέγω, ὅτι εἰμὶ φιλόψογοσ, ἐπεὶ ‐ ἔμοιγ’ ἐξαρκεῖὃσ ἂν μὴ κακὸσ ᾖ μηδ’ ἄγαν ἀπάλαμνοσ, εἰ‐δώσ τ’ ὀνησίπολιν δίκαν ὑγιὴσ ἀνήρ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 304:3)

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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