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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῐλέω (philéō, “to love; to kiss”) + -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰíl.tron/ → /ˈɸil.tron/ → /ˈfil.tron/
Noun
φῐ́λτρον • (phíltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension
- love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
- (generally) charm, spell
- (in the plural) love, affection
- (anatomy) sinking on the upper lip; philtrum
- Synonym of στᾰφῠλῖνος (staphulînos).
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References
- “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “φίλτρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.