Φιλοίτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) +‎ οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”) +‎ -ιος (-ios), literally “beloved of fate”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.lǒi̯.ti.os/ → /ɸiˈly.ti.os/ → /fiˈli.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lǒi̯.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈly.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈly.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈly.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈli.ti.os/

Proper noun

Φῐλοίτῐος • (Philoítios) m (genitive Φῐλοιτίου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Philoetius, a cowherd loyal to Odysseus in the Odyssey

Declension

Second declension of Φῐλοίτῐος; Φῐλοιτῐ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Φῐλοίτῐος Philoítios
Genitive	Φῐλοιτῐ́ου / Φῐλοιτῐοῖο / Φῐλοιτῐ́οιο / Φῐλοιτῐόο / Φῐλοιτῐ́οο Philoitíou / Philoitioîo / Philoitíoio / Philoitióo / Philoitíoo
Dative	Φῐλοιτῐ́ῳ Philoitíōi
Accusative	Φῐλοίτῐον Philoítion
Vocative	Φῐλοίτῐε Philoítie
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Latin: Philoetius
  • → English: Phlioetius
  • Italian: Filezio

Further reading

• “Φιλοίτιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Φιλοίτιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette