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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) + -της (-tēs, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰi.ló.tɛːs/ → /ɸiˈlo.tis/ → /fiˈlo.tis/
Noun
φῐλότης • (phĭlótēs) f (genitive φῐλότητος); third declension
- friendship, love, affection
- (figuratively) friendship between states
- (Homeric) sexual love or intercourse
Declension
Synonyms
- (friendship, love, affection): φιλία (philía)
Derived terms
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