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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

  • αἱ γὰρ συγγενεῖσ ὁμιλίαι, ἄνασσ’ Ἀθάνα, φίλτρον οὐ σμικρὸν φρενῶν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:3)
  • ὁ μὲν καθίησιν ἀρχὰσ σπερμάτων προσηκόντων γῆ δ’ ἀναδίδωσιν, αὔξεται δὲ τὰ μὲν ὄμβροισ τὰ δ’ ἀνέμοισ τὰ δ’ ἄστροισ ἐπιθαλπόμενα καὶ σελήνῃ, κοσμεῖ δ’ ἥλιοσ ἅπαντα καὶ πᾶσι τοῦτο δὴ τὸ παρ’ αὑτοῦ φίλτρον ἐγκεράννυσιν. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 5:1)
  • τῶν Ἀργόθεν τι φίλτρον ἀγγέλλοντέ σοι; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode37)
  • φίλτρον τοῦτ’ ἔχων ῥᾴων ἔσῃ; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 5:24)
  • δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν καὶ φέρει φίλτρον μέγα πᾶσίν τε κοινὸν ὥσθ’ ὑπερκάμνειν τέκνων. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:1)

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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