φιλεραστής

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 11 November 2013

Etymology

From φῐλο- (philo-, loving) +‎ ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.le.ras.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ɸi.le.rasˈtis/ → /fi.le.rasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.le.ras.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.le.rasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.le.rasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.le.rasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.le.rasˈtis/

Noun

φῐλερᾰστής • (philerastḗs) m (genitive φῐλερᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. one who is fond of a lover
2. one who enjoys having lovers

Inflection

First declension of ὁ φῐλερᾰστής; τοῦ φῐλερᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φῐλερᾰστής ho philerastḗs	τὼ φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ tṑ philerastā́	οἱ φῐλερᾰσταί hoi philerastaí
Genitive	τοῦ φῐλερᾰστοῦ toû philerastoû	τοῖν φῐλερᾰσταῖν toîn philerastaîn	τῶν φῐλερᾰστῶν tôn philerastôn
Dative	τῷ φῐλερᾰστῇ tôi philerastêi	τοῖν φῐλερᾰσταῖν toîn philerastaîn	τοῖς φῐλερᾰσταῖς toîs philerastaîs
Accusative	τὸν φῐλερᾰστήν tòn philerastḗn	τὼ φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ tṑ philerastā́	τοὺς φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ς toùs philerastā́s
Vocative	φῐλερᾰστᾰ́ philerastá	φῐλερᾰστᾱ́ philerastā́	φῐλερᾰσταί philerastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φιλεραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φιλεραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φιλεραστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette