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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

  • εὖ λέγ]ειν πάρεστιν, ὅσ‐ τισ μὴ φθόνῳ πιαίνεται, θεοφι]λῆ φίλιππον ἄνδρ’ ἀρήϊον, τεθμ]ίου σκᾶπτρον Διὸσ ἰοπλό]κων τε μέρο[σ ἔχοντ]α Μουσᾶν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 15:2)
  • εἶτα ταύταισ τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ παρέβαλλον εὐχὴν ὡσ οὐχ ἧττον θεοφιλῆ καὶ ἱεράν· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 20:1)
  • εἶτα ταύταισ τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ παρέβαλλον εὐχὴν ὡσ οὐχ, ἧττον θεοφιλῆ καὶ ἱερὰν· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 7:1)
  • ἢ γὰρ ἀτρεμήσαντα κομιδῇ κολούσειν καὶ ταπεινώσειν τὸν Ἆγιν, ἢ μάχην ἱερὰν καὶ θεοφιλῆ περὶ τῶν ἁγιωτάτων καὶ μεγίστων ἐν ὄψει τῆσ πατρίδοσ μαχεῖσθαι, καὶ πάντασ ἕξειν μάρτυρασ τοὺσ πολίτασ τῆσ ἀνδραγαθίασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 34 4:2)
  • φησὶ δὴ θεοφιλῆ αὐτὴν εἶναι καὶ παρέχεται τούτου μάρτυρασ τοὺσ ἀμφισβητήσαντασ περὶ αὐτῆσ θεούσ, κοινόν τι πρᾶγμα καὶ ὑπὸ πάντων σχεδὸν τῶν ἐπαινεσάντων τὴν πόλιν εἰρημένον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 282)

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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