Φιλητής

lover

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Dec 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] an admirer. But filh/ths [is] a thief.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλητής· ὁ ἐραστής. Φιλήτης δὲ ὁ κλέπτης.

Betacode

*filhth/s: o( e)rasth/s. *filh/ths de\ o( kle/pths.

Similar entries in other lexica. The primary and secondary headwords differ in accentuation and the length of the first vowel. See already phi 334, phi 335. The primary headword is derived from the verb file/w, from fi/los; for the secondary, the etymology is unknown.

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