STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: φίλος

φίλος, η, ον,

also ος, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.93: [ῐ: but 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses the _vocative_ φίλε] Refs 8th c.BC+] with ῑ at the beginning of a verse, see below].

__I passive, beloved, dear, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.20, etc.; παῖδε φίλω 7.279 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with dative, dear to one, μάλα οἱ φ. ἦεν [[ 1.381; φ. ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι 20.347, etc.: _vocative_, φίλε κασίγνητε (at the beginning of the line) 4.155, 5.359 ] Refs]; with neuter nouns, φίλε τέκνον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.363, 3.184, etc.; but φίλον τέκος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.162 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also φίλος for φίλε (Attic dialect, accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 213.28), φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.189, compare 9.601, 21.106, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.76, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 545 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 277 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1168 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: genitive added to the vocative, φίλ᾽ ἀνδρῶν [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.74, 24.40; ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 460 (Lyric poetry): as ] Refs 5th c.BC+] substantive:

__I.a φίλος, ὁ, friend, κουρίδιος φίλος, i.e. husband, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.22 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φίλοι friends, kith and kin, νόσφιφίλων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.256; τῆλεφίλων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.333, compare 6.287 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. μέγιστος my greatest friend, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1331 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φίλοι οἱ ἐγγυτάτω, οἱ ἔγγιστα, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.41 codices, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.24.2; after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently with a genitive, ὁ Διὸς φίλος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 306 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ φ., τοὺς τούτων φ., [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.47; φ. ἐμός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 421 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ἐμε̄ν φ.[[ [prev. work] 509; τοὺς σφετέρους φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.25: proverbial, ἔστιν ὁ φ. ἄλλος αὐτός] Refs 5th c.BC+] a friend is another self, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1166a31; κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1159b31; οὐθεὶς φ. ᾧ πολλοὶ φ. [prev. author] “EE” 1245b20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of friends or allies, opposed to πολέμιοι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.48; φ. καὶ σύμμαχος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.12, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a lover, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.4 (in bad sense, “Lac.” 2.13)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φίλε my friend, as a form of courteous address, [[ NT.Luke.14.10, etc.] NT]; in relation to things, οἱ μουσικῆς φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 580.3; ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 487a; τῶν εἰδῶν [prev. author] “Sph.” 248a; Χίους φ. ποιῆσαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.36, etc.; ποιεῖσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 38; κτᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.27, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40; φίλους τιθέντες τούς γε πολεμιωτάτους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 848; φίλῳ χρῆσθαί τινι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63; ἡμᾶς ἔχειν φίλους 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.40; for 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.49, see at {φίλιος}. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]