Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φίλτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλτατος φίλτατη φίλτατον

Structure: φιλτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: irreg. Sup. of fi/los, Hom., Trag.

Sense

Examples

  • μᾶλλον δὲ γυμνὴν ἤδη ὑπέχειν τὴν σφαγὴν καὶ τὰ φίλτατα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ ὁρᾶν ἀπολλύμενα; (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 5:4)
  • ὃ γὰρ οὗτοσ ἀπαιτεῖ παρ’ ἐμοῦ, τοῦτο ὡσ ἐνῆν ἄριστα διεπραξάμην, καὶ τὸν τύραννον ἀπέκτεινα ἑτέρῳ ’ φόνῳ, οὐχ ἁπλῶσ οὐδὲ πληγῇ μιᾷ, ὅπερ εὐκταιότατον ἦν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τηλικούτοισ ἀδικήμασιν, ἀλλὰ λύπῃ προβασανίσασ πολλῇ καὶ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ δείξασ τὰ φίλτατα οἰκτρῶσ προκείμενα, υἱὸν ἐν ἡλικίᾳ, εἰ καὶ πονηρόν, ἀλλ’ οὖν καὶ ἀκμάζοντα καὶ ὅμοιον τῷ πατρί, αἵματοσ καὶ λύθρου ἐμπεπλησμένον. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 17:10)
  • τί δὲ στυγεῖσ σὺ τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ φίλτατα; (Euripides, Ion, episode 1:20)
  • σαυτοῦ γνωρίσασ τὰ φίλτατα ‐ οὐ φιλῶ φρενοῦν ἀμούσουσ καὶ μεμηνότασ ξένουσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, trochees19)
  • εἰκότωσ δ’ ἅμ’ ἕσπετο θυγατρὶ νυμφεύσουσα καὶ τὰ φίλτατα δώσουσ’, ἵν’ ἡμᾶσ ὄντασ εὑρήσει κακούσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 2:17)

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

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