φιλία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φῐλῐ́η (philíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From φῐλέω (philéō, “to love”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.lí.aː/ → /ɸiˈli.a/ → /fiˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈli.a/

Noun

φῐλῐ́ᾱ • (philíā) f (genitive φῐλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. friendship, love, affection, fondness
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 8.15, (Compare Plato, Symposium 179C, Phaedrus 237C, 255E)
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 9B
   • Antidotus 130
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 185C
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hiero 3.7
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 14.9
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.6.3, (Compare Isocrates, Collected Works 352B)
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 306, (Compare Andocides, Collected Works 27.10)
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.130
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.6.29
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 253
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.1.28
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.8
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 237C
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 214D
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 424A
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 1102
   • 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 930
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 302E
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 114.2
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 118B
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.5, (Compare 6.34, 6.78)
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 304E
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.10
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 823B
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, 88 D
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 100C
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.91
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 600.1102
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.7.29
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 138
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.82
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 182C
2. friendliness, kindliness, without any affection
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 2.7.13
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 4.6.5
3. sexual love, like ἔρως (érōs)
   • Lxx, Proverbs 5.19
4. (with regard to things) fondness for
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 581A
   • 350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 3.7.10
5. regarded as the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, as νεῖκος (neîkos) keeps them apart
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 8.1.3
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1.4.2

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῐλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φῐλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῐλῐ́ᾱ hē philíā	τὼ φῐλῐ́ᾱ tṑ philíā	αἱ φῐλῐ́αι hai philíai
Genitive	τῆς φῐλῐ́ᾱς tês philíās	τοῖν φῐλῐ́αιν toîn philíain	τῶν φῐλῐῶν tôn philiôn
Dative	τῇ φῐλῐ́ᾳ têi philíāi	τοῖν φῐλῐ́αιν toîn philíain	ταῖς φῐλῐ́αις taîs philíais
Accusative	τὴν φῐλῐ́ᾱν tḕn philíān	τὼ φῐλῐ́ᾱ tṑ philíā	τᾱ̀ς φῐλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s philíās
Vocative	φῐλῐ́ᾱ philíā	φῐλῐ́ᾱ philíā	φῐλῐ́αι philíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (friendship, love, affection, fondness): φῐλότης (philótēs)

Antonyms

• (friendship): ἔχθρα (ékhthra), μῖσος (mîsos)

Descendants

• English: -philia
• Greek: φιλία (filía)

References

• “φιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φιλία 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
• G5373 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affection idem, page 16.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • attachment idem, page 49.
  • companionship idem, page 149.
  • fondness idem, page 333.
  • friendship idem, page 345.
  • intercourse idem, page 449.
  • love idem, page 502.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Noun

φιλία • (filía) f (plural φιλίες)

1. friendship, companionship

Declension

Declension of φιλία

	singular	plural
nominative	φιλία •	φιλίες •
genitive	φιλίας •	φιλιών •
accusative	φιλία •	φιλίες •
vocative	φιλία •	φιλίες •