φῐλόστοργ-ος, ον,
(στέργω, στοργή) loving tenderly, affectionate, frequently of family affection, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.13, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a nurse, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.88 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of horses, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 611a12; γένος ἀετῶν πρὸς τοὺς τρέφοντας φ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; title of two queens named Athenais, [[ “IG” 22.3426.3, 3428.5; φ. εἰς ἀλλήλους NT.Rom.12.10; περί τινα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 1 (uncertain _construction_); φ. πρὸς τὰ τηλικαῦτα [prev. author] 2.608c ] NT+1st c.AD+]: comparative, nihil -ότερον[[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.9.1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative, -οτάτη διαφερόντως πρός τινα [[ “OGI” 331.46 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC):—τὸ φ., ={φιλοστοργία}, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 8.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 7; τὸ ποτὶ τὰν πατρίδα φ. “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1925(5).28 (Cyrene, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -γως[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 621a29; εὐσεβῶς τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διακείμενος καὶ φ. πρὸς τοὺς γονεῖς “OGI” 229.6 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC),compare “BMus.Inscription” 925b12 (Branchidae, 1st c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ἔχειν πρός.. [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.6.8 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; literae φ. scriptae, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 15.17.2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[[ “Geoponica” 16.21.6 ] Refs]: superlative -ότατα[[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 7.34. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]