φιλέλληνας
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φιλέλλην (philéllēn), from φίλος (phílos) + Έλλην (Éllēn), with semantic loan from French philhellènes, from the plural of the same etymon,[1] in the sense 'supporter of Greek independence'.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]φιλέλληνας • (filéllinas) m (plural φιλέλληνες)
- philhellene, Hellenophile (a lover of Greece or Greek culture)
- (historical) philhellene (specifically, a supporter of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of independence in 1821-29)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φιλέλληνας (filéllinas) | φιλέλληνες (filéllines) |
| genitive | φιλέλληνα (filéllina) | φιλελλήνων (filellínon) |
| accusative | φιλέλληνα (filéllina) | φιλέλληνες (filéllines) |
| vocative | φιλέλληνα (filéllina) | φιλέλληνες (filéllines) |
Antonyms
[edit]- ανθέλληνας (anthéllinas)
- μισέλληνας (miséllinas)
Related terms
[edit]- φιλελληνικός (filellinikós)
References
[edit]- ^ φιλέλληνας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
Φιλέλληνες on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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