φίλος

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η, ον, also ος, ον Pi.O.2.93: [ῐ: but Hom. uses the voc. φίλε with ῑ at the beginning of a verse, v. infr.].    I pass., beloved, dear, Il.1.20, etc.; παῖδε φίλω 7.279; freq. c. dat., dear to one, μάλα οἱ φ. ἦεν 1.381; φ. ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι 20.347, etc.: voc., φίλε κασίγνητε (at the beginning of the line) 4.155, 5.359; with neut. nouns, φίλε τέκνον Od.2.363, 3.184, etc.; but φίλον τέκος Il.3.162; also φίλος for φίλε (Att., acc. to A.D.Synt.213.28), φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε Il.4.189, cf. 9.601, 21.106, al., Pi.N.3.76, A.Pr.545 (lyr.), E.Supp.277 (lyr.), Ar.Nu.1168(lyr.): gen. added to the voc., φίλ' ἀνδρῶν Theoc. 15.74, 24.40; ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν E.Alc.460 (lyr.): as Subst.:    a φίλος, ὁ, friend, κουρίδιος φίλος, i.e. husband, Od.15.22; φίλοι friends, kith and kin, νόσφιφίλων Il.14.256; τῆλεφίλων Od.2.333, cf.6.287; φ. μέγιστος my greatest friend, S.Aj.1331; φίλοι οἱ ἐγγυτάτω, οἱ ἔγγιστα, Lys. 1.41 codd., Plb.9.24.2; after Hom. freq. with a gen., ὁ Διὸς φίλος A.Pr.306; τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ φ., τοὺς τούτων φ., Aeschin.1.47; φ. ἐμός S.Ph.421; τῶν ἐμε̄ν φ. ib.509; τοὺς σφετέρους φ. X.HG4.8.25: prov., ἔστιν ὁ φ. ἄλλος αὐτός a friend is another self, Arist.EN1166a31; κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φ. Pl.Phdr.279c, cf. Arist.EN1159b31; οὐθεὶς φ. ᾧ πολλοὶ φ. Id.EE1245b20; also of friends or allies, opp. πολέμιοι, X.HG 6.5.48; φ. καὶ σύμμαχος D.9.12, etc.; of a lover, X.Mem.3.11.4 (in bad sense, Lac.2.13); φίλε my friend, as a form of courteous address, Ev.Luc.14.10, etc.; in relation to things, οἱ μουσικῆς φ. E.Fr.580.3; ἀληθείας Pl.R.487a; τῶν εἰδῶν Id.Sph.248a; Χίους φ. ποιῆσαι Lys. 14.36, etc.; ποιεῖσθαι Luc.Pisc.38; κτᾶσθαι Isoc.2.27, cf. Th.2.40; φίλους τιθέντες τούς γε πολεμιωτάτους E.Hec.848; φίλῳ χρῆσθαί τινι Antipho 5.63; ἡμᾶς ἔχειν φίλους And.1.40; for Hdt.3.49, v. φίλιος.    b φίλη, ἡ, dear one, friend, κλῦτε, φίλαι Od.4.722; λόγοις ἐγὼ φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην S.Ant.543; of a wife, φίλην τινὰ ἄγεσθαι take as one's wife, Il.9.146,288; ἡ Ξέρξου φ., of his mother, A.Pers.832; of a mistress, X.Mem.2.1.23, 3.11.16; φίλην ποιήσασθαί τινα Antipho 1.14.    c φίλον, τό, an object of love, τὸ φ. σέβεσθαι to reverence what the city loves, S.OC187 (lyr.): addressed to persons, darling, φ. ἐμόν Ar.Ec.952 (lyr.); so φίλτατον ib. 970; τὰ φίλτατα one's nearest and dearest, dear ones, such as wife and children, A.Pers.851, Eu.216, S.OT366, OC1110, E.Med.16: v. φίλτατος; τἀμὰ φίλα, τὰ σὰ φ., Id.Ion523 (troch.), 613.    d οἱ πρῶτοι φίλοι, a title at the Ptolemaic court, OGI99.3, PTeb.11.4 (ii B. C.), etc.; or simply οἱ φ. τοῦ βασιλέως OGI100.1; or οἱ φ. alone, ib. 115.4; τῶν φ. και διοικητοῦ one of the king's friends and dioecetes, PTeb.79.56 (ii B. C.).    2 of things, pleasant, welcome, δόσις ὀλίγη τε φ. τε Od.6.208, cf. Il.1.167: c. dat. pers., αἰεὶ γάρ τοι ἔρις τε φίλη 5.891, cf. Od.8.248, 13.295; οὐ φίλα τοι ἐρέω Hdt.7.104; δαίμοσιν πράσσειν φίλα their pleasure, A.Pr.660, cf. infr. 11.    b freq. as predic., φίλον ἐστί or γίγνεταί μοι pleases me, it is after my own heart, εἴ πού τοι φίλον ἐστί Od.7.320; μὴ φ. Διὶ πατρὶ γένοιτο ib. 316, cf. Il.7.387; εἰ τόδε πᾶσι φ. καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο 4.17; καί τοι φ. ἔπλετο θυμῷ Od.13.145, etc.; τοῦτο μὲν ἴτω ὅπῃ τῷ θεῷ φίλον Pl.Ap. 19a: less freq. c. inf., οὐ μὲν Τυδέϊ γ' ὧδε φίλον πτωσκαζέμεν Il.4.372; πεφιδέσθαι ἐνὶ φρεσὶ φίλτερον ἦεν Τρώων 21.101, cf. 24.334, Od. 14.378; so ταῦτα δαίμονί κοω φίλον ἦν οὕτω γενέσθαι Hdt.1.87, cf. 108, 4.97: rarely c. part., εἰ τόδ' αὐτῷ φιλον κεκλημένῳ if it please him to be so called, A.Ag.161 (lyr.): agreeing with pl., αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ' ἐστὶ φίλα φρεσὶ μαντεύεσθαι Il.1.107, cf. Od.17.15; ἔνθα φίλ' ὀπταλέα κρέα ἔδμεναι Il.4.345; σοὶ δ' ἔργα φίλ' ἔστω μέτρια κοσμεῖν Hes.Op.306.    c in Hom. and early Poets, one's own; freq. of limbs, life, etc., φίλον δ' ἐξαίνυτο θυμόν he took away dear life, Il.5.155, cf. 22.58; κατεπλήγη φίλον ἦτορ 3.31; εἰς ὅ κε . . μοι φίλα γούνατ' ὀρώρῃ 9.610; φίλον κατὰ λαιμόν 19.209; esp. of one's nearest kin, πατὴρ φ. 22.408, Sapph.Supp.20a.11; ἄλοχος φ. Il.5.480: cf. φίλτατος: as a standing epith. when no affection is implied, μητρὶ φίλῃ Ἀλθαίῃ χωόμενος κῆρ angry with his own mother, Il.9.555: simply to denote possession, φίλα εἵματα 2.261; φ. πόνος their wonted labour, Theoc.21.20.    d applied to the numbers 284 and 220, Iamb. in Nic.p.35P.    II less freq. (chiefly poet.) in act. sense, loving, friendly, Od.1.313, cf. Il.24.775: c. gen., φίλαν ξένων ἄρουραν friendly to strangers, Pi.N.5.8, cf. P.3.5: of things, kindly, pleasing, φίλα φρεσὶ μήδεα εἰδώς Il.17.325; φίλα φρονέειν τινί feel kindly, Il.4.219; φ. ἐργάζεσθαί τινι Od.24.210; φ. εἰδέναι τινί 3.277; φ. ποιέεσθαί τινι deal with one in friendly fashion, do one a pleasure, Hdt.2.152, 5.37.    2 fond of a thing, attached to, ἄλλων νόμων Arist.Fr.543; δειλίας φίλον Pl.R.604d.    III Adv. φίλως, once in Hom., φίλως χ' ὁρόῳτε ye would fain see it, Il.4.347, cf. Hes. Sc.45, A.Ag.247(lyr.), [1591], etc.; φ. ἐμοί in a manner dear or pleasing to me, ib. 1581.    2 in a friendly, kindly spirit, τήνδε τὴν πόλιν φ. εἰπών S.OC758; φ. δέχεσθαί τινα X.HG4.8.5, cf. Pl.Epin. 988c.    IV φίλος has several forms of comparison:    1 Comp. φιλίων [λῐ], ον, gen. ονος, Od.19.351, 24.268: Sup. φίλιστος, η, ον, interpol. in S.Aj.842.    2 Comp. φίλτερος, Sup. φίλτατος, v. sub voce.    3 Comp. φιλαίτερος X.An.1.9.29, Call.Del.58: Sup. φιλαίτατος X.HG7.3.8, Theoc.7.98.    4 regul. Comp. φιλώτερος X.Mem.3.11.18 codd., Call.Fr.146.    5 also as Comp., μᾶλλον φίλος A.Ch.219, S.Ph.886; φ. μᾶλλον Thphr. CP6.1.4; Sup., μάλιστα φ. X.Cyr.8.1.17.