φιλέλληνας
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned 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
editNoun
editφιλέλληνας • (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
editDeclension of φιλέλληνας
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φιλέλληνας • | φιλέλληνες • |
| genitive | φιλέλληνα • | φιλελλήνων • |
| accusative | φιλέλληνα • | φιλέλληνες • |
| vocative | φιλέλληνα • | φιλέλληνες • |
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
Further reading
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Φιλέλληνες on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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