φιλεραστής
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 11 November 2013
Etymology
From φῐλο- (phĭlo-, loving) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.le.ras.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.le.rasˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.le.rasˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.le.rasˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.le.rasˈtis/
Noun
φῐλερᾰστής • (phĭlerăstḗs) m (genitive φῐλερᾰστοῦ); first declension
- one who is fond of a lover
- one who enjoys having lovers
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φῐλερᾰστής ho phĭlerăstḗs |
τὼ φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ tṑ phĭlerăstā́ |
οἱ φῐλερᾰσταί hoi phĭlerăstaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φῐλερᾰστοῦ toû phĭlerăstoû |
τοῖν φῐλερᾰσταῖν toîn phĭlerăstaîn |
τῶν φῐλερᾰστῶν tôn phĭlerăstôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φῐλερᾰστῇ tōî phĭlerăstēî |
τοῖν φῐλερᾰσταῖν toîn phĭlerăstaîn |
τοῖς φῐλερᾰσταῖς toîs phĭlerăstaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φῐλερᾰστήν tòn phĭlerăstḗn |
τὼ φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ tṑ phĭlerăstā́ |
τοὺς φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ς toùs phĭlerăstā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλερᾰστᾰ́ phĭlerăstắ |
φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ phĭlerăstā́ |
φῐλερᾰσταί phĭlerăstaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φιλεραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φιλεραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φιλεραστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette