φιλόκαλος
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English (LSJ)
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A 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 φ. Plu.2.61d, 1026d. 2 fond of effect and elegance, X.Cyr.1.3.3; φ. περὶ ὅπλα ib.2.1.22; τὰ περὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα φ. Isoc.1.26, cf. 10.57; of the peacock, Arist.HA488b24. Adv., -λως ἔχειν περί τι J.AJ12.2.1, cf. Gal.14.218, etc.: Comp. -καλώτερον κοπρίσαι more elaborately, Gp.5.26.10. II fond of honour, seeking honour, φιλοκαλώτεροι ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις X.Smp.4.15, cf. Arist.EN 1125b12, 1179b9. III κατὰ τὸ φ. πειραθέντα κατανοῆσαι to see by working out the calculation, Iamb. in Nic.p.124 P.
