φιλία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, ἡ, (φιλέω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">affectionate regard, friendship</b> (not in A. or S.), usu. betw. equals, ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φ. <span class="bibl">Thgn.306</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.1037; ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι φ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.130</span>; εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλίας ἀνακίρνασθαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>254</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">Democr.109</span>, al., Hippias <span class="bibl">17</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.64</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">And.3.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">φιλίας</b>, inscr. on a bowl (perh. <b class="b2">loving</b>-cup), <span class="title">BSA</span>32.194 (Haliartus, Hellenistic), etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς φ. διὰ τὸ ἁγνὴ εἶναι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἔρως</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>255e</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἔχθρα</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.33</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.2.2</span>; ἡ φ. τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>4.4</span>; opp. <b class="b3">μῖσος</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.122</span>; φ. θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>188d</span>; of family <b class="b2">affection</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>3.7</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς φ</b>. in the <b class="b2">family circle</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1453b19</span>; of the <b class="b2">regard</b> of dependents towards their superiors, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.6.3</span>; φ. ἡ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.28</span>; of <b class="b2">friendship</b> between States, ἐχρημάτισε περὶ φιλίας τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις <span class="bibl">Th.5.5</span>; φ. καὶ ξυμμαχία <span class="bibl">Id.6.34</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς φ. ἀφέσθαι, τὴν φ. διαλύσασθαι</b>, of communities, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.11</span>, <span class="bibl">14.33</span>: various <b class="b3">εἴδη</b> distd. by <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1156a7</span> ff.; by the Stoics, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.24, 27, 181: phrases, φ. πρός τινας ποιήσασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.29</span>; παρά τινων φ. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.28</span>; τισὶ διὰ φιλίας ἰέναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.8</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς φ. ἰτέον, ἔρχεται</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>237c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ly.</span>214d</span>; ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἐν φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>33.3</span> (iii B. C.); ἀνανεούμενος τὴν φ. καὶ ζενίαν τὴν πρότερον ὑπάρχουσαν <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>7.13</span>; προλιπόνθ' ἡμετέρην φ. <span class="bibl">Thgn.1102</span>; ἔλιπε φ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>930</span> (lyr.); τῆς φ. ἐξίστασθαί τινι <span class="bibl">Lys.8.18</span>: with Preps., διὰ φιλίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>304e</span>; μετὰ φιλίας <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.10</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ φιλίαν</b>, v. infr.; κατὰ φιλίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>823b</span>:—the person is commonly expressed by <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.32</span>; πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Id.9.57</span>, etc.; less freq. εἰς ἀλλήλους E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> (v. supr.); also by object. gen., <b class="b3">διὰ φιλίαν αὐτοῦ</b> through <b class="b2">friendship for</b> him, <span class="bibl">Th.1.91</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ξυνετοῦ</b> <b class="b2">friendship with</b> a wise man, <span class="bibl">Democr.98</span>; so <b class="b3">ἡμετέρη φ</b>. <b class="b2">friendship with</b> us, <span class="bibl">Thgn.600</span>, <span class="bibl">1102</span> (v. supr.), <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.11</span> (v. supr.); φιλία ἡ σή <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.7.29</span>, E <span class="title">Or.</span>138, etc.: pl., φ. ἰσχυραί <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.82</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>182c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">friendliness, amiability</b>, φ. ἄνευ τοῦ στέργειν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1126b22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1108a28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> later, of lovers, <b class="b2">fondness</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Pr.</span>5.19</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>1.8, <span class="title">AP</span>5.266 (Agath.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. gen., of things, <b class="b2">fondness, liking for</b>, κέρδους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>581a</span>; [<b class="b3">τῶν ἀρχῶν</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>306a12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements</b>, opp. <b class="b3">νεῖκος</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.18</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.268</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pythag. name for <b class="b2">three</b>, Theol.Ar.16 (not for <b class="b2">six</b>, Iamb. <b class="b2">In Nic</b>. p.34 P.).</span>