φιλόκαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[loving the beautiful]] (both of personal and moral beauty), [[loving beauty and goodness]], Pl.Phdr.248d, Criti.111e, Com.Adesp. Oxy.1239.18, etc.; [[τὸ φιλόκαλον]] Plu.2.61d, 1026d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fond of effect and elegance]], X.Cyr.1.3.3; φιλόκαλον περὶ ὅπλα ib.2.1.22; τὰ περὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα φιλόκαλος = a [[man]] of [[taste]] Isoc.1.26, cf. 10.57; of the [[peacock]], Arist.HA488b24. Adv., [[φιλοκάλως]] ἔχειν περί τι J.AJ12.2.1, cf. Gal.14.218, etc.: Comp. φιλοκαλώτερον κοπρίσαι [[more]] [[elaborately]], Gp.5.26.10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fond of honour]], [[seeking honour]], φιλοκαλώτεροι ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις X.Smp.4.15, cf. Arist.EN 1125b12, 1179b9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> κατὰ τὸ φιλόκαλον πειραθέντα κατανοῆσαι = to [[see]] by [[work]]ing out the [[calculation]], Iamb. in Nic.p.124 P.