Φίλος
dear
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Sep 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning useful [xrh/simos ]. "For what noble man is not dear to himself?" For the good man is useful both to himself and to his friends.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φίλος· ἀντὶ τοῦ χρήσιμος. τίς γὰρ ἐσθλὸς οὐχ αὑτῷ φίλος; ὁ γὰρ ἀγαθὸς αὑτῷ τε καὶ τοῖς φίλοις χρήσιμος.
Betacode
*fi/los: a)nti\ tou= xrh/simos. ti/s ga\r e)sqlo\s ou)x au(tw=| fi/los; o( ga\r a)gaqo\s au(tw=| te kai\ toi=s fi/lois xrh/simos.
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External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- φ294Φίλαdear [things][Meaning] equal, similar, beloved [ones].
- φ410Φίλοςdear, dear oneMeaning benefit [o)/felos]. Sophocles in Electra [writes]: "alas wretch, for my useless nursing long ago, that I often gave to you with sweet toil. For you were never [your] mother's dear rather than my own."
- φ412ΦίλοςfriendAnother self. Of those things that are good and able to be chosen, some are chosen for their own sake, like happiness and as many things as are valuable, and some on account of something else, such as advancing [one's…
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict