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φίλτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλτερος φίλτερᾱ φίλτερον

Structure: φιλτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: irreg. comp. of fi/los, Hom., Hes.

Sense

Examples

  • καὶ ἐργαζόμενοι πολὺ φίλτεροι ἀθανάτοισιν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 36:9)
  • οἳ δ’ ἐπὶ γαίῃ κείατο, γύπεσσιν πολὺ φίλτεροι ἢ ἀλόχοισιν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 13:11)

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

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