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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

  • Νέσσοσ πάλαι Κένταυροσ ἐξέπεισέ νιν τοιῷδε φίλτρῳ τὸν σὸν ἐκμῆναι πόθον. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:28)
  • ἡ δὲ Δηιάνειρα πυθομένη τοῦ Λίχα τὴν πρὸσ Ιὄλην φιλοστοργίαν καὶ βουλομένη πλέον ἑαυτὴν ἀγαπᾶσθαι, τὸν χιτῶνα ἔχρισε τῷ παρὰ τοῦ Κενταύρου δεδομένῳ πρὸσ ἀπώλειαν φίλτρῳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 38 1:3)
  • κἂν ταραχθῇ καὶ πυνθάνηται, τί ποτε τοῦτ’ ἦν, λέγειν ὅτι φάρμακον ἐκείνησ μὲν ἐχούσησ αὐτοῦ δὲ διακονῆσαι παρακαλουμένου, μὴ κινηθέντοσ δ’ ἐπὶ τῷ φίλτρῳ τὸν λόγον ἀργὸν ἐᾶν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 269:1)

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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