Ancient Greek

Adjective

φίλος • ‎(phílos) m ‎(feminine φίλη, neuter φίλον); first/second declension

1. That which is loved or important: beloved, dear
2. (less commonly): loving, friendly

Inflection

Derived terms

• φῐλέω ‎(philéō)
• φῐλία ‎(philía)
• φῐλότης ‎(philótēs)
• φίλως ‎(phílōs)

Descendants

• Latin: -phila

Noun

φίλος • ‎(phílos) m ‎(genitive φίλου)

1. friend

Declension

References

• φίλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φίλος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φίλος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «φίλος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «φίλος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• φίλος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5384”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acceptable idem, page 5.
  • adherent idem, page 11.
  • adorable idem, page 13.
  • agreeable idem, page 19.
  • beloved idem, page 73.
  • cheering idem, page 129.
  • cherished idem, page 129.
  • dear idem, page 198.
  • endearing idem, page 272.
  • favourable idem, page 311.
  • friend idem, page 345.
  • friendly idem, page 345.
  • glad idem, page 360.
  • gracious idem, page 368.
  • joyful idem, page 464.
  • kind idem, page 469.
  • loved idem, page 502.
  • loving idem, page 502.
  • pleasant idem, page 619.
  • precious idem, page 633.
  • propitious idem, page 653.
  • sweet idem, page 848.
  • tender idem, page 861.
  • valued idem, page 943.
  • welcome idem, page 973.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φίλος ‎(phílos)

Noun

φίλος • ‎(fílos) m ‎(plural φίλοι, feminine φίλη)

1. friend
2. boyfriend
3. acquaintance

Declension

Related terms

• -φιλος ‎(-filos)
• φίλαθλος m ‎(fílathlos, “sports fan”)
• φιλικός ‎(filikós, “friendly”)
• φιλικά ‎(filiká, “in a friendly manner”, adverb)
• φιλικό n ‎(filikó, “friendly match”)
• φιλοξενία f ‎(filoxenía, “hospitality”)
• φιλόξενος ‎(filóxenos, “hospitable”)
• φιλοξενούμενος ‎(filoxenoúmenos, “hospitable”)

Adjective

φίλος • ‎(fílos) m ‎(feminine φίλη, neuter φίλο)

1. friendly
2. dear
3. beloved (obsolete, literary)

Declension