φιλανθρωπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φιλάνθρωπος (philánthrōpos) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.lan.tʰrɔː.pí.aː/ → /ɸi.lan.θroˈpi.a/ → /fi.lan.θroˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lan.tʰrɔː.pí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lan.tʰroˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.lan.θroˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.lan.θroˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.lan.θroˈpi.a/

Proper noun

φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱ • (philanthrōpíā) f (genitive φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. humanity, benevolence, kind-heartedness

Declension

First declension of ἡ φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱ hē philanthrōpíā
Genitive	τῆς φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱς tês philanthrōpíās
Dative	τῇ φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾳ têi philanthrōpíāi
Accusative	τὴν φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn philanthrōpíān
Vocative	φιλανθρωπῐ́ᾱ philanthrōpíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: φιλανθρωπία (filanthropía)

Further reading

• “φιλανθρωπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φιλανθρωπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affability idem, page 15.
  • affection idem, page 16.
  • amiability idem, page 27.
  • beneficence idem, page 73.
  • benevolence idem, page 74.
  • charity idem, page 126.
  • civility idem, page 134.
  • clemency idem, page 137.
  • comity idem, page 146.
  • complacency idem, page 151.
  • conciliation idem, page 155.
  • condescension idem, page 157.
  • considerateness idem, page 163.
  • courtesy idem, page 179.
  • delicacy idem, page 207.
  • familiarity idem, page 305.
  • gallantry idem, page 352.
  • generosity idem, page 356.
  • geniality idem, page 356.
  • gentleness idem, page 357.
  • goodness idem, page 367.
  • graciousness idem, page 368.
  • humanity idem, page 409.
  • indulgence idem, page 435.
  • joviality idem, page 464.
  • kindness idem, page 469.
  • lenity idem, page 485.
  • liberality idem, page 488.
  • loving-kindness idem, page 502.
  • mercifulness idem, page 525.
  • mildness idem, page 529.
  • philanthropy idem, page 610.
  • pleasantness idem, page 619.
  • politeness idem, page 625.
  • sociability idem, page 790.
  • sympathy idem, page 850.
  • tact idem, page 851.
  • thoughtfulness idem, page 868.
  • tolerance idem, page 880.
  • unselfishness idem, page 931.

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía).

Noun

φιλανθρωπία • (filanthropía) f (plural φιλανθρωπίες)

1. philanthropy

Declension

Declension of φιλανθρωπία

	singular	plural
nominative	φιλανθρωπία •	φιλανθρωπίες •
genitive	φιλανθρωπίας •	φιλανθρωπιών •
accusative	φιλανθρωπία •	φιλανθρωπίες •
vocative	φιλανθρωπία •	φιλανθρωπίες •

Related terms

• φιλάνθρωπος (filánthropos, “philanthropic”)
• φιλανθρωπικός (filanthropikós, “charitable”)

Further reading

• φιλανθρωπία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• φιλανθρωπία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language