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πατρόφιλος

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πατρόφιλος: η, ον,= φιλοπάτωρ, Θεόφιλ. Ἀντιοχ. 1600Α. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 326.

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ον, Μ
φιλοπάτωρ, αυτός που αγαπά τον πατέρα του.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πατήρ, πατρός + -φιλος (< φίλος), πρβλ. παιδόφιλος].