φίλτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (φιλέω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[love-charm]], whether a potion, or any other means, ἔστιν . . φίλτρα μοι θελκτήρια ἔρωτος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>509</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1260</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>540</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">MM</span>1188b32</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.1</span>, Dsc.2.164, <span class="bibl">Alciphr. 1.37</span>, etc.; οὐκ ἐπὶ θανάτῳ διδόναι [φάρμακον] ἀλλ' ἐπὶ φίλτροις <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.9</span>: of the robe of Nessus by which Deïanira hoped to win back the love of Hercules, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>584</span>, <span class="bibl">1142</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[charm]], [[spell]], οἱ φ. ἐν θυμῷ ὕμνοι τίθεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.64</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἵππειον</b>, of the bit, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>13.68</span>; <b class="b3">φίλτρα τόλμης</b> [[spells to produce]] boldness, of oracles, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1029</span>; δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν καὶ φέρει φ. μέγα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>917</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>103</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span> 1407</span>; αἱ ξυγγενεῖς ὁμιλίαι . . φ. οὐ σμικρὸν φρενῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>52</span>; of [[ἀρεταί]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>207</span>; φίλτρα γάμου <span class="title">AP</span>9.422 (Apollonid.); ἕν ἐστ' ἀληθὲς φ. εὐγνώμων τρόπος <span class="bibl">Men.646</span>; <b class="b3">εἰρήνης φ</b>. a [[charm]] to promote peace (i.e. [[γεωργία]]), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>16</span>; [παῖδες] νήπιοι ψυχῆς εἰσιν ἰσχυρὰ φ. ἐξομηρεύσασθαι δυνάμενα στρατηγὸν πρὸς πατρίδα <span class="bibl">Onos.1.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[love]], [[affection]], in pl., τὰ θεῶν δὲ φίλτρα φροῦδα Τροίᾳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>859</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span> 1309</span> (anap.), <span class="title">AP</span>7.623 (Aemil.): also in sg., τὸ πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα φ. <span class="title">SIG</span>876.7 (Smyrna, Epist.Severi et Caracallae); πᾶσι δὲ φ. κάλλιπεν <span class="title">AP</span>15.45, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>10.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.108</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.22</span>; τὸ πρὸς ἀμφοτέρους φ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>297.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[dimple in the upper lip]], <span class="bibl">Bion 1.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>39</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.90</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[σταφυλῖνος]], <span class="bibl">Eust.1163.9</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[properly]] [[φίλητρον]], from [[φιλέω]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[love]]-[[charm]], (cf. Shakspeare's "medicines to make me [[love]] him"), ἐστὶν φίλτρα μοι θελκτήρια ἔρωτος Eur.; of the [[robe]] of [[Nessus]] by [[which]] [[Deianira]] hoped to win [[back]] the [[love]] of [[Hercules]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], a [[charm]], [[spell]], as a [[means]] of [[winning]] or influencing others, [[hence]] the bit is called φ. ἵππειον, Pind.; [[Apollo]]'s oracles are φίλτρα τόλμης spells to [[produce]] [[boldness]], Aesch.; children are a [[φίλτρον]] of [[love]] to [[their]] parents, Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in pl. [[love]], [[affection]], Eur.