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θεοφιλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεοφιλής θεοφιλές

Structure: θεοφιλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fi/los

Sense

  1. dear to the gods, highly favoured, as the gods will

Examples

  • φεῦγον δ’ ὄροσ ἐσ τανίφυλλον, σμερδαλέαν φωνὰν ἱεῖσαι, Τιρύνθιον ἄστυ λιποῦσαι καὶ θεοδμάτουσ ἀγυιάσ, ἤδη γὰρ ἔτοσ δέκατον θεοφιλὲσ λιπόντεσ Ἄργοσ ναῖον ἀδεισιβόαι χαλκάσπιδεσ ἡμίθεοι σὺν πολυζήλῳ βασιλεῖ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 4:5)
  • τὸ γὰρ καλὸν οὐκ ἐν μήκει χρόνου θετέον, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀρετῇ καὶ τῇ καιρίῳ συμμετρίᾳ τοῦτο γὰρ εὔδαιμον καὶ θεοφιλὲσ εἶναι νενόμισται. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 17 2:1)
  • εὔδαιμον μέν οὖν καὶ θεοφιλέσ εἴ τῳ ταῦτα πάντα θεῶν τισ ἀπέδωκεν. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 4 5:2)
  • ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐοίκε τὸ φιλάνθρωπον αὐτοῦ θεοφιλὲσ εἶναι· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 36 7:1)
  • μήτε καλῷ τὸ σῶμα μήτ’ ἰσχυρῷ τὴν θεὸν χαίρουσαν ἀλλὰ φρονίμῳ καὶ δικαίῳ ποιήσασ, καὶ πάλιν τὸν Ὀδυσσέα φάσκουσα μὴ περιορᾶν μηδὲ προλείπειν οὕνεκ’ ἐπητήσ ἐστι καὶ ἀγχίνοοσ καὶ ἐχέφρων, ἐνδείκνυται μόνον εἶναι τῶν ἡμετέρων θεοφιλὲσ καὶ θεῖον ἀρετήν, εἴγε δὴ τὰ ὅμοια χαίρειν τοῖσ ὁμοίοισ πέφυκεν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 11 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. dear to the gods

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

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