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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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative θεοφιλής θεόφιλες
Genitive θεοφιλούς θεοφίλους
Dative θεοφιλεί θεοφίλει
Accusative θεοφιλή θεόφιλες
Vocative θεοφιλές θεόφιλες
DualN/A/V θεοφιλεί θεοφίλει
G/D θεοφιλοίν θεοφίλοιν
PluralNominative θεοφιλείς θεοφίλη
Genitive θεοφιλών θεοφίλων
Dative θεοφιλέσιν* θεοφίλεσιν*
Accusative θεοφιλείς θεοφίλη
Vocative θεοφιλείς θεοφίλη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θεοφιλής θεοφιλούς θεοφιλέστερος θεοφιλεστέρου θεοφιλέστατος θεοφιλεστάτου
Adverb θεοφιλέως θεοφιλέστερον θεοφιλέστατα

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

  • ἢ ποῖοσ θεοφιλέστεροσ τοῦ εὐδαιμονεστάτου; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 8 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. dear to the gods

Similar forms

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

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