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φῐλέω,
Aeolic dialect φίλημμι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 79, cf. Ead. “Oxy.” 1787 “fragment” 1 + 2.24] Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular φίλησθα Ead.22; late 3rd.pers. plural φίλεισι [[ “epigram Gr.” 990.12 (2nd c.AD: Balbilla Lyrica)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Boeotian dialect φίλειμι Hdn.Gr.[[ 2.930: _Epic dialect_ ] Refs]infinitive φιλήμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.265 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect and Epic dialect imperfect φιλέεσκε [[ 3.388, +others: ] Refs]future φιλήσω, Epic dialect infinitive φιλησέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.171 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐφίλησα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: perfect πεφίληκα[[ [prev. work] 1.13 ] Refs]:—middle, poetical [[ 1 ] Refs] aorist ἐφῑλάμη; 3rd.pers. singular ἐφίλατο, φίλατο, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.61, 20.304, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.55] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural φίλαντο [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 274; _imperative_ φῖλαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.117, 10.280 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive φίλωνται [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 117, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 97 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but φίλατο as passive, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.66 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also participle φιλάμενος [[ “IG” 14.1549 (from Rome):] Refs] —passive, future middle φιλήσομαι in passive sense, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.123, 15.281, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.19 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future 3 πεφιλήσομαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 270 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἐφιλήθην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1000, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐφίληθεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.668 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πεφίλημαι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle πεφιλᾱμένος [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.3 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. [ῐ exceptin the forms ἐφίλατο, φῑλατο, etc.]: (φίλος):— love, regard with affection, opposed to μισεῖν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 334c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380b34; φιλήσω τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων “IG” 12.15.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (on its relation to sexual love see below 3); of the love of gods for men, φ. δέ ἑ μητίετα Ζεύς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.197 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέρι γάρ μ᾽ ἐφίλει (of the love of the master for his swineherd) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.146; (also ὃν περὶ κῆρι φ. Ζεὺς.. παντοίην φιλότητα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.245, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.117); μάλα τούς γε φ. ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.94; εἰ.. Ἕκτορά περ φιλέεις καὶ κήδεαι αὐτοῦ 7.204, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of love for a child reared, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.370; αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκὶ θέλοισα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.23; λόγοις φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 543; φιλέων φιλέοντα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.66; ὃν δ᾽ ἐχρῆν φιλεῖν στυγεῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 907; μάλιστά σ᾽.. ἤχθηρα κἀφίλησ᾽ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1363; ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 125 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσα θεοὶ ἀνθρώποις οὓς φιλοῦσιν [διδόασιν] [[ “SIG” 985.48 (Philadelphia, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; οἱ φιλοῦντές τινα his friends, frequently in messages and letters, [[ “OGI” 184.10 (Philae, 1st c.BC), NT.Tit.3.15, “PSI” 8.971.30 (3rd-4th c.AD)] NT+1st c.BC+], etc.; φιλεῖν ἐμαυτήν, αὑτόν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 999, “Med.” 86, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be beloved by one, ἐκ Διός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.668; παρ᾽ αὐτῇ 13.627, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1000. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 treat affectionately or kindly, especially welcome, entertain a guest, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.29, 5.135, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.207, etc.; φίλος δ᾽ ἦν ἀνθρώποισιν, πάντας γὰρ φιλέεσκεν ὁδῷ ἔπι οἰκία ναίων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.15; ξεῖνον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι φ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.42; ξεῖνον ἄγων ἐν δώμασι.. φιλέειν καὶ τιέμεν 15.543, compare 14.322 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεὸς (i. e. Calypso) ἥ με.. ἐφίλει τε καὶ ἔτρεφεν [[ 7.256 ] Refs]; τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτ; who would quarrel with a kind host? [[ 8.208 ] Refs]; etc.:—passive, παρ᾽ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι welcome shalt thou be in our house, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.123, compare 15.281. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 opposed to ἐρᾶν, τούτους μάλιστά φασι φιλεῖν ὧν ἂν ἐρῶσι regard with affection those for whom they have a passion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 231c; ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἄν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.11, compare “Smp.” 8.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰκὸς τὸ φιλεῖν τοὺς ἐρωμένους [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 70a6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but φ. is used of lovers, ἥ γ᾽ Εὐρυμάχῳ μισγέσκετο καὶ φιλέεσκεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.325; Λυσίθεος Μικίωνα φιλῖν φησι μάλισστα τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει “IG” 12.924; οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1051, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.176 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 905 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the love of man for wife, ὅς τις ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς.. τὴν αὐτοῦ φιλέει (cherishes her) καὶ κήδεται ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ τὴν ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.343, compare 486 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν loved and cherished as his wife, [[[prev. work] 450 ] Refs]; but ἐμὲ.. ἀτιμάζει, φιλέει δ᾽ ἀΐδηλον Ἄρηα (Hephaestus speaks of Aphrodite) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.309: Comedy texts, ὦ Δῆμ᾽, ἐραστής εἰμι σὸς φιλῶ τέ σε καὶ κήδομαί σου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1341. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3.b of sexual intercourse, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {βαίνειν}. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__4 show outward signs of love, especially kiss (not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), φ. τοῖσι στόμασι] Refs 8th c.BC+] kiss on the mouth, opposed to τὰς παρειὰς φιλέονται, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.27, “Smp.” 9.5; κατὰ τὸ στόμα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.284 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); φιλήσω.. τὸ σὸν κάρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1131; πατέρα.. περὶ χεῖρε βαλοῦσα φιλήσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1559 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 671, 674, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e, NT.Mark.14.44, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὸ φίλαμα, τὸ.. τὸν Ἄδωνιν.. ἀποθνάσκοντα φίλασεν] NT+5th c.BC+] the kiss wherewith she kissed him, [[ 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.69:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle, τὰς παρειάς kiss each other's cheeks, Hdt. [prev. cited]
__5 of things as objects of love, like, approve, σχέτλια ἔργα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.83; ἀοιδάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.7; οὔθ᾽ ἱστῶν ἐφίλησεν ὁδοὺς οὔτε δείπνων.. τέρψιας “P.” 9.18, etc.; αἰσχροκέρδειαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1056, compare 312 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰς λευκοτάτας [μάζας] [[ 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.6 (_anapaest meter_); Πράμνιον οἶνον 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 of things as the subject, ἡσυχία δὲ φιλεῖ συμπόσιον [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48; ἢ [μίτρη] μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 in making a request, οἶσθ᾽ ὁτιὴ φιλῶ σ᾽ ἐγώ, κἀμοὶ πιθόμενος ὑπαποκίνει τῆς ὁδοῦ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1010 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τί πράσσει Φηλικίων ὁ ἀγαθό; φιλῶ σε pray, how goes it with the worthy Felicio? [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.19.20; so perhaps in 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.66, πείσθητί μευ, φιλέω σε] Refs 3rd c.BC+] (but rather 'I speak as a true friend').
__II after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], with infinitive, love to do, be fond of doing, and so to be wont or used to do, φιλέει ὁ θεὸς τὰ ὑπερέχοντα κολούειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10. ; ἢν ἁμάρτωσι τοῦ πατρικοῦ τύπου.. φιλέουσι διαφθείρεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 228; Μοῖσα μεμνᾶσθαι φ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.12, compare “P.” 3.18; φιλεῖ δὲ τίκτειν ὕβρις.. ὕβριν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 763 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς θανοῦσί τοι φιλοῦσι πάντες κειμένοις ἐπεγγελᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 989, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely with participle for infinitive, φιλεῖς δὲ δρῶσ᾽ αὐτὸ σφόδρα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 645. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of things, events, etc., αὔρη ἀπὸ ψυχροῦ τινος φιλέει πνέειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.27; φιλεῖ ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νύξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 769; ἐμπόρων ἔπη φ. πλανᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 304; φιλεῖ γάρ πως τὰ τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑτέρᾳ τρέπεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 813 (Lyric poetry); φιλεῖ μεγάλα στρατόπεδα ἐκπλήγνυσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125; ὃ δὴ φ. ὁ ἔρως ἐμποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c: especially with γίγνεσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] of what usually happens, ἀπὸ πείρης πάντα ἀνθρώποισι φιλέει γίνεσθαι everything comes to man by experience, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.γ, compare 7.10.ζ, 7.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494c, +others; οἷα φ. γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.128 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; without γίγνεσθαι, οἷα δὴ φιλεῖ as is wont, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467b; ὁποῖα φ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 impersonal, φιλέει δέ κως προσημαίνειν (i.e. ὁ θεός), εὖτ᾽ ἂν.. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς δὴ φιλεῖ.. λόγον ἔχειν ἀνθρώπους as it is usual for.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 73. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
