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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰi.lí.aː/ → /ɸiˈli.a/ → /fiˈli.a/
Etymology 1
From φῐλέω (philéō, “to love”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Noun
φῐλῐ́ᾱ • (philíā) f (genitive φῐλῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- friendship, love, affection, fondness
- friendliness, kindliness, without any affection
- sexual love, like ἔρως (érōs)
- (with regard to things) fondness for
- regarded as the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, as νεῖκος (neîkos) keeps them apart
Inflection
Synonyms
- (friendship, love, affection, fondness): φῐλότης (philótēs), φεῖλος (pheîlos), φῖλος (phîlos)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “friendship”): ἔχθρα (ékhthra), μῖσος (mîsos)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “φιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φιλία 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
- G5373 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
φῐλίᾱ • (philíā)
- inflection of φίλιος (phílios):
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- feminine nominative/vocative/accusative dual
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).
Noun
φιλία • (filía) f (plural φιλίες)
- friendship, companionship
Declension
Further reading