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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”) + -ιος (-ios), literally “beloved of fate”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰi.lǒi̯.ti.os/ → /ɸiˈly.ti.os/ → /fiˈli.ti.os/
Proper noun
Φῐλοίτῐος • (Philoítios) m (genitive Φῐλοιτίου); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Philoetius, a cowherd loyal to Odysseus in the Odyssey
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