φιλέω
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom φῐ́λος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) + -έω (-éō, stative suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.lé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈle.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈle.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈle.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈle.o/
Verb
editφῐλέω • (philéō)
- to love, like, regard with affection
- Palatine Anthology 3.149:
- Εἰ μὲ φῐλοῦντᾰ φῐλεῖς, δῐπλὴ χᾰ́ρῐς· εἰ δὲ μὲ μῑσεῖς, τόσσον μῑσοίης, ὅσσον ἐγὼ σὲ φῐλῶ.
- Ei mè philoûnta phileîs, diplḕ kháris; ei dè mè mīseîs, tósson mīsoíēs, hósson egṑ sè philô.
- If you love me and I love you, it's a double grace; but if you hate me, may you hate me as much as I love you.
- Εἰ μὲ φῐλοῦντᾰ φῐλεῖς, δῐπλὴ χᾰ́ρῐς· εἰ δὲ μὲ μῑσεῖς, τόσσον μῑσοίης, ὅσσον ἐγὼ σὲ φῐλῶ.
- Antonym: μῑσέω (mīséō)
- (post-Homeric) to enjoy, be fond; to be wont, be used (to doing something)
Inflection
edit Present: φῐλέω, φῐλέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφῐ́λεον | ἐφῐ́λεες | ἐφῐ́λεε(ν) | ἐφῐλέετον | ἐφῐλεέτην | ἐφῐλέομεν | ἐφῐλέετε | ἐφῐ́λεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφῐλεόμην | ἐφῐλέου | ἐφῐλέετο | ἐφῐλέεσθον | ἐφῐλεέσθην | ἐφῐλεόμεθᾰ | ἐφῐλέεσθε | ἐφῐλέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφῐ́λουν | ἐφῐ́λεις | ἐφῐ́λει | ἐφῐλεῖτον | ἐφῐλείτην | ἐφῐλοῦμεν | ἐφῐλεῖτε | ἐφῐ́λουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφῐλούμην | ἐφῐλοῦ | ἐφῐλεῖτο | ἐφῐλεῖσθον | ἐφῐλείσθην | ἐφῐλούμεθᾰ | ἐφῐλεῖσθε | ἐφῐλοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: πεφῐ́ληκᾰ, πεφῐ́λημαι
Pluperfect: ἐπεφῐλήκειν, ἐπεφῐλήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπεφῐλήκειν, ἐπεφῐλήκη |
ἐπεφῐλήκεις, ἐπεφῐλήκης |
ἐπεφῐλήκει(ν) | ἐπεφῐλήκετον | ἐπεφῐληκέτην | ἐπεφῐλήκεμεν | ἐπεφῐλήκετε | ἐπεφῐλήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεφῐλήμην | ἐπεφῐ́λησο | ἐπεφῐ́λητο | ἐπεφῐ́λησθον | ἐπεφῐλήσθην | ἐπεφῐλήμεθᾰ | ἐπεφῐ́λησθε | ἐπεφῐ́ληντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future perfect: πεφῐλήσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πεφῐλήσομαι | πεφῐλήσῃ, πεφῐλήσει |
πεφῐλήσεται | πεφῐλήσεσθον | πεφῐλήσεσθον | πεφῐλησόμεθᾰ | πεφῐλήσεσθε | πεφῐλήσονται | ||||
optative | πεφῐλησοίμην | πεφῐλήσοιο | πεφῐλήσοιτο | πεφῐλήσοισθον | πεφῐλησοίσθην | πεφῐλησοίμεθᾰ | πεφῐλήσοισθε | πεφῐλήσοιντο | |||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | πεφῐλήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | πεφῐλησόμενος | |||||||||||
f | πεφῐλησομένη | ||||||||||||
n | πεφῐλησόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
edit- ᾰ̓λληλοφῐλέω (allēlophiléō)
- ᾰ̓ντῐφῐλέω (antiphiléō)
- ἐκφῐλέω (ekphiléō)
- κᾰτᾰφῐλέω (kataphiléō)
- παιδοφῐλέω (paidophiléō)
- προσφῐλέω (prosphiléō)
- σῠμφῐλέω (sumphiléō)
- ῠ̔περφῐλέω (huperphiléō)
- ῠ̔ποφῐλέω (hupophiléō)
- φῐ́λημᾰ (phílēma)
- φῐλήμη (philḗmē)
- φιλήρετμος (philḗretmos)
- φῐ́λησῐς (phílēsis)
- φῐλητής (philētḗs)
- φῐλητός (philētós)
- φῐλήτωρ (philḗtōr)
- φῐλῐ́ᾱ (philíā)
- φῐ́λτρον (phíltron)
- χωροφῐλέω (khōrophiléō)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “φιλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φιλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φιλέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φιλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- φιλέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φιλέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5368 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible