φίλος

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s, from *bʰil- (“decent, good, harmonious, friendly”). Cognate with Old Irish bil (“good, mild”) and Proto-Germanic *biliz (“kind, gentle; decent, fair”), whence Old English bile- (“kind, suitable, appropriate”, prefix), German billig (“appropriate, fitting, inexpensive, cheap”) and Dutch billijk (“appropriate”).

φῐ́λος • (phílos) m (feminine φῐ́λη, neuter φῐ́λον); first/second declension

1. That which is loved or important: beloved, dear, of or from a friend
2. (less commonly): loving, friendly

• φῐλία (philía)

• Latin: -phila

φῐ́λος • (phílos) m (genitive φῐ́λου); second declension

1. friend

• Mariupol Greek: фи́лос (fílos)

• “φίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φίλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φίλος 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
• φίλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “φίλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5384 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acceptable idem, page 5.
  • adherent idem, page 11.
  • adorable idem, page 13.
  • agreeable idem, page 19.
  • beloved idem, page 73.
  • cheering idem, page 129.
  • cherished idem, page 129.
  • dear idem, page 198.
  • endearing idem, page 272.
  • favourable idem, page 311.
  • friend idem, page 345.
  • friendly idem, page 345.
  • glad idem, page 360.
  • gracious idem, page 368.
  • joyful idem, page 464.
  • kind idem, page 469.
  • loved idem, page 502.
  • loving idem, page 502.
  • pleasant idem, page 619.
  • precious idem, page 634.
  • propitious idem, page 653.
  • sweet idem, page 848.
  • tender idem, page 861.
  • valued idem, page 943.
  • welcome idem, page 973.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Inherited from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos), probably from a Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s, from *bʰil- (“decent, good, harmonious, friendly”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.los/
• Hyphenation: φί‧λος

φίλος • (fílos) m (plural φίλοι, feminine φίλη)

1. friend
2. boyfriend
3. acquaintance

• -φιλος (-filos)
• φίλαθλος m (fílathlos, “sports fan”)
• φιλικός (filikós, “friendly”)
• φιλικά (filiká, “in a friendly manner”, adverb)
• φιλικό n (filikó, “friendly (match)”)
• φιλοξενία f (filoxenía /⁠hospitality⁠/)
• φιλόξενος (filóxenos, “hospitable”)
• φιλοξενούμενος (filoxenoúmenos, “hospitable”)

φίλος • (fílos) m (feminine φίλη, neuter φίλο)

1. friendly
2. dear
3. beloved (obsolete, literary)