φιλότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) +‎ -της (-tēs, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φῐλότης • (philótēs) f (genitive φῐλότητος); third declension

  1. friendship, love, affection
  2. (figuratively) friendship between states
  3. (Epic) sexual love or intercourse

Declension
Third declension of ἡ φῐλότης; τῆς φῐλότητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φῐλότης
hē philótēs		 τὼ φῐλότητε
tṑ philótēte		 αἱ φῐλότητες
hai philótētes
Genitive τῆς φῐλότητος
tês philótētos		 τοῖν φῐλοτήτοιν
toîn philotḗtoin		 τῶν φῐλοτήτων
tôn philotḗtōn
Dative τῇ φῐλότητῐ
têi philótēti		 τοῖν φῐλοτήτοιν
toîn philotḗtoin		 ταῖς φῐλότησῐ / φῐλότησῐν
taîs philótēsi(n)
Accusative τὴν φῐλότητᾰ
tḕn philótēta		 τὼ φῐλότητε
tṑ philótēte		 τᾱ̀ς φῐλότητᾰς
tā̀s philótētas
Vocative φῐλότης
philótēs		 φῐλότητε
philótēte		 φῐλότητες
philótētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Synonyms
  • (friendship, love, affection): φιλία (philía)

Derived terms
  • ἰσότης φιλότητα ἀπεργάζεται (isótēs philótēta apergázetai)
  • Φῐλότης (Philótēs)

Further reading
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