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φίλτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φίλτρον φίλτρου

Structure: φιλτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: properly fi/lhtron, from file/w

Sense

  1. a love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
  2. (generally) charm, spell
  3. (in the plural) love, affection
  4. the sinking on the upper lip, philtrum
  5. name for the plant σταφυλῖνος

Declension

Second declension

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

  • βόσκειν καὶ τιθασεύειν παρέχων τὸ γῆρασ, ἐδόκει καταφαρμακεύεσθαι φίλτροισ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ γοητεύμασιν, ἄχρι οὗ Μάρκοσ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ἀπελάσασ τὸν ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸσ ᾠκονόμει καὶ ἐπαιδαγώγει τὸν λοιπὸν αὐτοῦ βίον, οὐ πολὺν γενόμενον. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 16 5:1)
  • διὸ πολλὰ μὲν συνεσκευάσατο δῶρα καὶ χρήματα καὶ κόσμον οἱο͂ν εἰκὸσ ἦν ἀπὸ πραγμάτων μεγάλων καὶ βασιλείασ εὐδαίμονοσ κομίζειν, τὰσ δὲ πλείστασ ἐν ἑαυτῇ καὶ τοῖσ περὶ αὑτὴν μαγγανεύμασι καὶ φίλτροισ ἐλπίδασ θεμένη παρεγένετο. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 25 4:1)
  • φίλτροισ δ’ ἐάν πωσ τήνδ’ ὑπερβαλώμεθα τὴν παῖδα καὶ θέλκτροισι τοῖσ ἐφ’ Ἡρακλεῖ, μεμηχάνηται τοὔργον, εἴ τι μὴ δοκῶ πράσσειν μάταιον· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode22)
  • νῦν μὲν τοῖσ φίλτροισ καταθύσομαι· (Theocritus, Idylls, 110)
  • τίσ βαρβάρων οὕτωσ ἀδάμαστοσ καὶ ἀνάλωτοσ τοῖσ τῆσ Σμύρνησ βέλεσι καὶ φίλτροισ, ὅστισ οὐκ ἀκοῇ μὲν ἤρα, ἀκοῇ δὲ ἀνιάσεται. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. a love-charm

  2. charm

  3. love

  4. name for the plant σταφυλῖνος

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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