φιλότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) +‎ -της (-tēs, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.ló.tɛːs/ → /ɸiˈlo.tis/ → /fiˈlo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.ló.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈlo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈlo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈlo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈlo.tis/

Noun

φῐλότης • (phĭlótēs) f (genitive φῐλότητος); third declension

1. friendship, love, affection
2. (figuratively) friendship between states
3. (Homeric) sexual love or intercourse

Declension

Third declension of ἡ φῐλότης; τῆς φῐλότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῐλότης hē phĭlótēs	τὼ φῐλότητε tṑ phĭlótēte	αἱ φῐλότητες hai phĭlótētes
Genitive	τῆς φῐλότητος tês phĭlótētos	τοῖν φῐλοτήτοιν toîn phĭlotḗtoin	τῶν φῐλοτήτων tôn phĭlotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ φῐλότητῐ têi phĭlótētĭ	τοῖν φῐλοτήτοιν toîn phĭlotḗtoin	ταῖς φῐλότησῐ / φῐλότησῐν taîs phĭlótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν φῐλότητᾰ tḕn phĭlótētă	τὼ φῐλότητε tṑ phĭlótēte	τᾱ̀ς φῐλότητᾰς tā̀s phĭlótētăs
Vocative	φῐλότης phĭlótēs	φῐλότητε phĭlótēte	φῐλότητες phĭlótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Synonyms

• (friendship, love, affection): φιλία (philía)

Derived terms

• ἰσότης φιλότητα ἀπεργάζεται (isótēs philótēta apergázetai)
• Φῐλότης (Phĭlótēs)

Further reading

• “φιλότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φιλότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φιλότης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φιλότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φιλότης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963