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φιλία (philia)

Greek term · 199 occurrences · 58 works

Short definition (LSJ): friendliness, amiability, φ. ἄνευ τοῦ στέργειν

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199 occurrences of this form in 58 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

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Example passages

……βωμολόχος, ὁ δʼ ἐλλείπων ἄγροικός τις καὶ ἡ ἕξις ἀγροικία· περὶ δὲ τὸ λοιπὸν ἡδὺ τὸ ἐν τῷ βίῳ ὁ μὲν ὡς δεῖ ἡδὺς ὢν φίλος καὶ ἡ μεσότης φιλία, ὁ δʼ ὑπερβάλλων, εἰ μὲν οὐδενὸς ἕνεκα, ἄρεσκος, εἰ δʼ ὠφελείας τῆς αὑτοῦ, κόλαξ, ὁ δʼ ἐλλείπων…

Aristotle — Nicomachean Ethics · Read in context

……ἐξήταζον καὶ ἐς τὰ περὶ Πελοπόννησον μᾶλλον χωρία ἐπρεσβεύοντο, Κέρκυραν καὶ Κεφαλληνίαν καὶ Ἀκαρνᾶνας καὶ Ζάκυνθον, ὁρῶντες, εἰ σφίσι φίλια ταῦτ’ εἴη βεβαίως, πέριξ τὴν Πελοπόννησον καταπολεμήσοντες.…

Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War · Read in context

……πῶς σοι ἕξει τὰ τῆς στρατιᾶς; δῆλον ὅτι οὐ καλῶς. ἀτάρ, ἔφη, ὦ πάτερ, σὺ εἰ ἐνορᾷς τινα πόρον καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἂν προσγενόμενον, ἕως ἔτι ἐν φιλίᾳ ἐσμέν, λέγε.…

Xenophon — Cyropaedia · Read in context

Subjects

Love & friendship

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