φίλημ-α [ῐ], ατος, τό,
Doric dialect φίλᾱμα [[ 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 1.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:— kiss, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 135, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.12, etc.; φ. δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 679, 1238; φ. παρὰ γένυν τιθέντα σόν [prev. author] “Supp.” 1154; πατρὶ.. διὰ φιλημάτων ἰών [prev. author] “Andr.” 416 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of kisses as prizes in a game, παίζωμεν περὶ φιλημάτων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 46, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 537, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 3.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a symbol of Christian love, [[ NT.1Cor.16.20. ] NT]
__II plural, cosmetics, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.38 (perhaps φαρμάκων). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]