φιλοκαλέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[love the beautiful]], Th.2.40; [[φιλοκαλεῖν]] τὴν φύσιν . . εἰκός ἐστι Chrysipp.Stoic.2.334.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be enthusiastic]], esp. for the [[beautiful]] or the [[good]], περὶ τὰς εὐωχίας λαμπρυνόμενοι Str.14.1.20; <b class="b3">εἰς ταύτην τὴν ἐπιβολήν</b> this [[project]] (''[[sc.]]'' of a beautiful tomb), D.S.1.66, cf. 13.90; περὶ [[παιδοτροφία]]ν J.''Ap.''1.12; περὶ τὴν τῶν λόγων ἐμπειρίαν D.Chr.18.1: c. inf., φ. Ἑλληνικαῖς φυτείαις διακοσμῆσαι τὰ βασίλεια Plu.''Alex.''35.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[beautify]], [[elaborate]], τὰ περὶ τὴν ἐκφορὰν [[βασιλικῶς]] D.S.20.37; <b class="b3">τοῖς πλούτοις πεφιλοκαληκότων [τὰς κτήσεις] πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν</b> ib.8; in literary style, [[study effect]], Philostr.''VS''2.4.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Arithm., [[elaborate]], [[work out]] a [[calculation]], ὡς ἔνεστί τινα δι' ἑαυτοῦ φιλοκαλήσαντα κατανοῆσαι Iamb. ''in Nic.''p.110 P., cf. p.98 P.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[repair]], [[put in good order]], [[φιλοκαλεῖν]] καὶ [[βελτιόω|βελτιοῦν]] ''PLond.''3.1044.22 (vi A. D.): —Pass., of a [[church]], Palestine Dept. of Antiquities Quarterly 3.97 (vi A. D.).