φιλότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) + -της (-tēs, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.ló.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈlo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈlo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈlo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈlo.tis/
Noun
φῐλότης • (phĭlótēs) f (genitive φῐλότητος); third declension
- friendship, love, affection
- (figuratively) friendship between states
- (Homeric) sexual love or intercourse
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φῐλότης hē phĭlótēs |
τὼ φῐλότητε tṑ phĭlótēte |
αἱ φῐλότητες hai phĭlótētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φῐλότητος tês phĭlótētos |
τοῖν φῐλοτήτοιν toîn phĭlotḗtoin |
τῶν φῐλοτήτων tôn phĭlotḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φῐλότητῐ tēî phĭlótētĭ |
τοῖν φῐλοτήτοιν toîn phĭlotḗtoin |
ταῖς φῐλότησῐ / φῐλότησῐν taîs phĭlótēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φῐλότητᾰ tḕn phĭlótētă |
τὼ φῐλότητε tṑ phĭlótēte |
τᾱ̀ς φῐλότητᾰς tā̀s phĭlótētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλότης phĭlótēs |
φῐλότητε phĭlótēte |
φῐλότητες phĭlótētes | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (friendship, love, affection): φιλία (philía)
Derived terms
- ἰσότης φιλότητα ἀπεργάζεται (isótēs philótēta apergázetai)
- Φῐλότης (Phĭlótēs)
Further reading
- “φιλότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φιλότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φιλότης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φιλότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φιλότης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963