φιλία

φῐλί-α, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ, ([etym.] φιλέω)

A affectionate regard, friendship (not in A. or S.), usu. betw. equals,

ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φ. Thgn.306

, IG12.1037;

ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι φ. Hdt.7.130

;

εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλίας ἀνακίρνασθαι E.Hipp.254

(anap.), cf. Democr.109, al., Hippias 17, Antipho Soph.64 (pl.), And.3.29, Pl.Smp.179c, etc.; φιλίας, inscr. on a bowl (perh. loving-cup), BSA32.194 (Haliartus, Hellenistic), etc.; ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς φ. διὰ τὸ ἁγνὴ εἶναι, opp. ἔρως, X.Smp.8.15, cf. Pl.Phdr.255e; opp. ἔχθρα, Isoc.1.33, Plot.3.2.2;

ἡ φ. τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν Ep.Jac.4.4

; opp. μῖσος, Isoc.15.122;

φ. θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων Pl.Smp.188d

; of family affection, X.Hier.3.7 (pl.); ἐν ταῖς φ. in the family circle, Arist.Po.1453b19; of the regard of dependents towards their superiors, X.An.1.6.3;

φ. ἡ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Isoc.16.28

; of friendship between States,

ἐχρημάτισε περὶ φιλίας τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις Th.5.5

;

φ. καὶ ξυμμαχία Id.6.34

; τῆς φ. ἀφέσθαι, τὴν φ. διαλύσασθαι, of communities, Isoc.6.11, 14.33: various εἴδη distd. by Arist.EN1156a7 ff.; by the Stoics, Stoic.3.24, 27, 181: phrases,

φ. πρός τινας ποιήσασθαι X.Mem.2.6.29

;

παρά τινων φ. λαβεῖν Id.Cyr.3.1.28

;

τισὶ διὰ φιλίας ἰέναι Id.An.3.2.8

; εἰς φ. ἰτέον, ἔρχεται, Pl.Phdr.237c, Ly.214d;

ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἐν φ. PMich.Zen.33.3

(iii B. C.);

ἀνανεούμενος τὴν φ. καὶ ζενίαν τὴν πρότερον ὑπάρχουσαν Isoc.Ep.7.13

;

προλιπόνθ' ἡμετέρην φ. Thgn.1102

;

ἔλιπε φ. E.Alc.930

(lyr.);

τῆς φ. ἐξίστασθαί τινι Lys.8.18

: with Preps.,

διὰ φιλίας Pl.Plt.304e

;

μετὰ φιλίας X. Mem.1.2.10

; διὰ φιλίαν, v. infr.;

κατὰ φιλίαν Pl.Lg.823b

:—the person is commonly expressed by πρός τινα, Isoc.5.32;

πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id.9.57

, etc.; less freq.

εἰς ἀλλήλους E.Hipp.

(v. supr.); also by object. gen., διὰ φιλίαν αὐτοῦ through friendship for him, Th.1.91; φ. ξυνετοῦ friendship with a wise man, Democr.98; so ἡμετέρη φ. friendship with us, Thgn.600, 1102 (v. supr.), Isoc.6.11 (v. supr.);

φιλία ἡ σή X.An.7.7.29

, E Or.138, etc.: pl.,

φ. ἰσχυραί Hdt.3.82

, Pl. Smp.182c.

2 friendliness, amiability,

φ. ἄνευ τοῦ στέργειν Arist. EN1126b22

, cf. 1108a28.

3 later, of lovers, fondness, LXXPr.5.19, Lyr.Alex.Adesp.1.8, AP5.266 (Agath.).

4 c. gen., of things, fondness, liking for,

κέρδους Pl.R.581a

; [τῶν ἀρχῶν] Arist.Cael.306a12.

5 the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, opp. νεῖκος, Emp.18, al., Isoc.15.268.

II Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar.16 (not for six, Iamb. In Nic. p.34 P.).