Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προσφιλής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: προσφιλής προσφιλές

Structure: προσφιλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: file/w

Sense

  1. dear, beloved, dear or friendly to, pleasing, agreeable, grateful, dear
  2. kindly affectioned, grateful, well-disposed, kindly, kindly affectioned

Examples

  • τί δὲ ἥδιον ἡμέρου καὶ προσφιλοῦσ, πάντασ μὲν εὖ ποιεῖν ἐπιθυμοῦντοσ, ἅπαντασ δὲ δυναμένου; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 41:1)
  • καὶ δὴ μιμουμένη τὸ ἐκείνησ ἦθοσ ἀντὶ μὲν τοῦ προσφιλοῦσ μειδιάματοσ ταπεινὸν ἐσεσήρει καὶ ὕπουλον, ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ σεμνοῦ βλέμματοσ σκυθρωπὸν ὑφεωρᾶτο καὶ ἄγριον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 94:2)
  • κελεύεισ γὰρ δή με, ὡσ ἐμοὶ φαίνεται, τῆσ αὐτῆσ ὁδοῦ ἐχθοδοποῦ γεγονυίασ πολλοῖσ ‐ ἴσωσ δ’ οὐκ ἐλάττοσιν ἑτέροισ προσφιλοῦσ· (Plato, Laws, book 7 140:8)

Synonyms

  1. kindly affectioned

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

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