φίλος

φίλος, η, ον, also ος, ον Pi.O.2.93: [[pron. full] ῐ: but Hom. uses the voc. φίλε with [pron. full] 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 ([dialect] 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] Comp. φιλίων [pron. full] [λῐ], ον, gen. ονος, Od.19.351, 24.268: [comp] Sup. φίλιστος, η, ον, interpol. in S.Aj.842.

2 [comp] Comp. φίλτερος, [comp] Sup. φίλτατος, v. sub voce.

3 [comp] Comp.

φιλαίτερος X.An.1.9.29

, Call.Del.58: [comp] Sup.

φιλαίτατος X.HG7.3.8

, Theoc.7.98.

4 regul. [comp] Comp.

φιλώτερος X.Mem.3.11.18

codd., Call.Fr.146.

5 also as [comp] Comp.,

μᾶλλον φίλος A.Ch.219

, S.Ph.886;

φ. μᾶλλον Thphr. CP6.1.4

; [comp] Sup.,

μάλιστα φ. X.Cyr.8.1.17

.