φῐλί-α,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (φιλέω) affectionate regard, friendship (not in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus), usually between equals, ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 306, “IG” 12.1037; ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι φ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.130; εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλίας ἀνακίρνασθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 254 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 109, +others, Hippias 17, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 64 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179c, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]; φιλίας, inscription on a bowl (perhaps loving-cup), [[ “BSA” 32.194 (Haliartus, Hellenistic)] Refs], etc.; ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς φ. διὰ τὸ ἁγνὴ εἶναι, opposed to ἔρως, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔχθρα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.33, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.2.2; ἡ φ. τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν NT.Jam.4.4 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; opposed to μῖσος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.122; φ. θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of family affection, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 3.7 (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς φ. in the family circle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1453b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the regard of dependents towards their superiors, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.3; φ. ἡ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of friendship between States, ἐχρημάτισε περὶ φιλίας τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.5; φ. καὶ ξυμμαχία [prev. author] 6.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς φ. ἀφέσθαι, τὴν φ. διαλύσασθαι, of communities, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.11, 14.33: various εἴδη] Refs 5th c.BC+] distinguished by [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1156a7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] ff.; by the Stoics, [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.24, 27, 181: phrases, φ. πρός τινας ποιήσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.29; παρά τινων φ. λαβεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.1.28; τισὶ διὰ φιλίας ἰέναι [prev. author] “An.” 3.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς φ. ἰτέον, ἔρχεται, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237c, “Ly.” 214d; ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἐν φ. “PMich.Zen.” 33.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνανεούμενος τὴν φ. καὶ ζενίαν τὴν πρότερον ὑπάρχουσαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 7.13; προλιπόνθ᾽ ἡμετέρην φ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1102; ἔλιπε φ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 930 (Lyric poetry); τῆς φ. ἐξίστασθαί τινι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.18: with Preps., διὰ φιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 304e; μετὰ φιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.10 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; διὰ φιλίαν, see below; κατὰ φιλίαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 823b:—the person is commonly expressed by πρός τινα, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.32; πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. author] 9.57, etc.; less frequently εἰς ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” (see. above)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also by object. genitive, διὰ φιλίαν αὐτοῦ through friendship for him, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ξυνετοῦ friendship with a wise man, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 98 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; so ἡμετέρη φ. friendship with us, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 600, 1102 (see. above), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.11 (see. above); φιλία ἡ σή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.29, E “Or.” 138, etc.: _plural_, φ. ἰσχυραί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]