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φιλόζῳος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόζῳος φιλόζῳον

Structure: φιλοζῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zw=|on

Sense

  1. fond of animals

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative φιλόζῳος φιλόζῳον
Genitive φιλοζῴου φιλοζῴου
Dative φιλοζῴῳ φιλοζῴῳ
Accusative φιλόζῳον φιλόζῳον
Vocative φιλόζῳε φιλόζῳον
DualN/A/V φιλοζῴω φιλοζῴω
G/D φιλοζῴοιν φιλοζῴοιν
PluralNominative φιλόζῳοι φιλόζῳα
Genitive φιλοζῴων φιλοζῴων
Dative φιλοζῴοις φιλοζῴοις
Accusative φιλοζῴους φιλόζῳα
Vocative φιλόζῳοι φιλόζῳα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective φιλόζῳος φιλοζῴου φιλοζῳότερος φιλοζῳοτέρου φιλοζῳότατος φιλοζῳοτάτου
Adverb φιλοζῴως φιλοζῳότερον φιλοζῳότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ μὰ τὸν Δί’, ἔφη, ἀλλ’ οὕτω γε σκοπουμένῳ πάνυ ἐοίκε ταῦτα σοφοῦ τινοσ δημιουργοῦ καὶ φιλοζῴου τεχνήμασι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 8:1)
  • ὑπὲρ μὲν γὰρ δικαιοσύνησ καὶ ἀρετῆσ καὶ πατρῴων γερῶν καὶ νόμων καὶ χρηστοῦ βασιλέωσ, εἰ δέοι, πονεῖν καὶ ἀποθνῄσκειν ἀγαθῆσ ἐστι καὶ οὐ φιλοζῴου ψυχῆσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 66:1)

Synonyms

  1. fond of animals

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

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