Philostorgia: attestations across seven centuries

A catalog of every philostorgia attestation in the Eulogikon corpus, arranged chronologically from the classical period through late antiquity. The Stoic core receives full coverage; distribution and absence are noted at the end.

Earliest attestations (classical period, -400 to -320)

Before any school systematises the term, philostorgia appears in oratory, tragedy, and prose narrative: social warmth, self-sacrificing devotion, and affection for one's native land.

Xenophon of Athens, Cyropaedia, Eulogikon: ezq-ag, ref. Cyr.1.4.2

...λαβον, ὅμως ἐμφαίνεται τὸ νεαρὸν αὐτοῖς ὃ κατηγορεῖ τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν, οὕτω καὶ Κύρου ἐκ τῆς πολυλογίας οὐ θράσος διεφαίνετο, ἀλλ’ ἁπλότης καὶ φιλοστοργία, ὥστ’ ἐπεθύμει ἄν τις ἔτι πλείω αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν ἢ σιωπῶντι παρεῖναι.

ek tês polylogías ou thrásos diephaíneto, all’ haplótēs kaì philostorgía, hṓst’ epethýmēi án tis éti pleíō autoû akoúein ḗ siōpônti

From his loquacity there appeared no boldness, but simplicity and philostorgia, so that one would desire to hear more of him rather than him being silent.

Direct narrative. The young Cyrus's manner of speaking: philostorgia as social charm, warm affectionate candour. Earliest attestation in the corpus.

Aeschylus the Tragedian, Fragments of the Oresteia, Eulogikon: emo-ag, ref. book 274(?)b.28.2

φιλοστοργίας 4: ... μηδὲν ἡδὺ καρπουμένη μηδὲ χρήσιμον, ἀλλ’ ἐπιπόνως καὶ ταλαιπώρως ἀναδεχομένη τῶν

philostorgías ... mēdèn hēdù karpoúmenē mēdè chrḗsimon, all’ epipónōs kaì talaipṓrōs anadechoménē

... of philostorgia ... enjoying nothing pleasant nor useful, but taking up [the burden] painfully and laboriously

Fragmentary. Self-sacrificing, laborious devotion: a love that yields no pleasure or utility.

Demades of Paeania, In Defense of the Twelve Years, Eulogikon: hlw-aa, ref. 110

αἱ θυγατέρες Ἐρεχθέως τῷ καλῷ τῆς ἀρετῆς τὸ θῆλυ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐνίκησαν, καὶ τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀσθενὲς ἔπανδρον ἐποίησεν ἡ πρὸς τὸ θρέψαν ἔδαφος φιλοστοργία.

hai thugatéres Erechthéōs tô(i) kalô(i) tês aretês tò thêly tês psychês eníkēsan, kaì tò tês phýseōs asthenès épandron epoíēsen hē pròs tò thrépsan édaphos philostorgía.

The daughters of Erechtheus conquered the feminine of the psychē with the beauty of virtue, and philostorgia toward the nurturing soil made the weakness of physis manly.

Direct oration. Philostorgia directed toward one's native land: the nurturing bond between a person and their homeland.

Pythagorean uses (4th–3rd c. BCE)

Theano of Croton, Pythagorean Teachings and Letters, Eulogikon: bhc-aa, ref. 199

...χ ἑταίραις ἀποκρινομένη, τῇ μὲν εὐταξίᾳ πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα διαφέρουσα, τῇ δὲ ἐπιμελείᾳ πρὸς τὸν οἶκον, τῇ δὲ συναλλαγῇ περὶ τὰς χρωμένας, τῇ δὲ φιλοστοργίᾳ περὶ τὰ τέκνα. οὐ ζηλοτυπητέον οὖν σοι πρὸς ἐκείνην (πρὸς γὰρ τὰς ἐναρέτους ἐκτείνειν τὸν ζῆλον καλόν), ἑαυτὴν δὲ παρεκτέον ἐπιτηδείαν τα...

tê(i) dè philostorgía(i) perì tà tékna

... and with philostorgia concerning children

Attributed text. Philostorgia as the proper sphere of parental affection for children.

Aresas of Lucania, On Human Nature, Eulogikon: dck-aa, ref. 50

...μέρισται, ὁ μὲν νόος ὁραυγούμενος καὶ στιβαζόμενος τὰ πράγματα, ἁ δὲ θύμωσις ὁρμὰν καὶ ἀλκὰν ποτιφερομένα τοῖς ὁραυγασθεῖσιν· ἁ δὲ ἐπιθυμία φιλοστοργίᾳ συγγενὴς ἔασσα ἐφαρμόζει τῷ νόῳ ἴδιον περιποιουμένα τὸ ἁδὺ καὶ τὸ σύννοον ἀποδιδοῦσα τῷ συννόῳ μέρει τᾶς ψυχᾶς. ὧνπερ ἕκατι δοκέει μοι κα...

ha dè epithymía philostorgía(i) syngenḕs éassa epharmozei tô(i) nóō(i) ídion peripoiouménā tò hadù

Desire, being akin to philostorgia, fits itself to the nous, procuring for itself what is pleasant as its own.

Attributed text (Doric dialect). epithymia is syngenēs (akin/cognate) to philostorgia. In the Pythagorean tripartite psychē, philostorgia is aligned with the desiderative part but works through the noos.

Early Hellenistic and historian uses (-320 to -50)

Hecataeus of Abdera, On Egyptian Philosophy and Religion, Eulogikon: hoe-ac, ref. 3a,264,F 25 (850)

...ιν, τὴν δὲ τρίτην Ἰναρῶν. (14) ταύτην δ’ ἔνιοι λέγουσι Ῥοδώπιδος τάφον εἶναι τῆς ἑταίρας, ἧς φασι τῶν νομαρχῶν τινας ἐραστὰς γενομένους διὰ φιλοστοργίαν οἰκοδομήσαντας ἐπιτελέσαι κοινῆι τὸ κατασκεύασμα. (65) μετὰ δὲ τοὺς προειρημένους βασιλεῖς διεδέξατο τὴν ἀρχὴν Βόκχωρις, τῶι μὲν σώματι...

hetáiras, hês phasi tôn nomarchôn tinas erastàs genoménous dià philostorgían oikodomḗsantas epitelésai koinê(i) tò kataskeúasma

... a courtesan, whom they say some of the nomarchs, having become lovers, through philostorgia jointly completed the construction

Fragment via Diodorus Siculus (transmitting host). Philostorgia extended to erotic devotion.

Hermesianax of Cyprus, Phrygian Histories and Myths, Eulogikon: iiy-aa, ref. 2

...ς συγκατηνέχθη. Κατὰ δὲ θεῶν πρόνοιαν εἰς ὁμώνυμα ὄρη μεταμορφηθέντες ἐγένοντο. Κιθαιρὼν μὲν διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν Ἐριννύων μυχὸς, Ἑλικὼν δὲ διὰ φιλοστοργίαν Μουσῶν ἐνδιαίτημα. Id.

Helikṑn dè dià philostorgían Mousôn endiaítēma

Helicon, through philostorgia of the Muses, [their] dwelling-place

Fragment. The Muses' love for Mount Helicon.

Polybius of Megalopolis, Histories, Eulogikon: ldg-ab, ref. Hist.22.20.3

καὶ καθότι τέτταρας υἱοὺς γεννήσασα πρὸς πάντας τούτους ἀνυπέρβλητον διεφύλαξε τὴν εὔνοιαν καὶ φιλοστοργίαν μέχρι τῆς τοῦ βίου καταστροφῆς, καίτοι χρό‐

kaì kathóti téttaraς huiοùς gennḗsasa pròs pántas toúτους anypérblēton diephýlaxe tḕn eúnoian kaì philostorgían méchri tês toû bíou katastrophês

... having borne four sons, she preserved unsurpassed goodwill and philostorgia toward all of them until the end of life

Direct narrative. Polybius describes a mother's enduring affection for her sons.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 21-40, Eulogikon: nde-ac, ref. 34/35 11 1

...πατὴρ προσεδέχετο τῷ τοῦ τέκνου θανάτῳ διαφυγεῖν τὸν κίνδυνον. δεομένων δὲ ἀλλήλων μετὰ δακρύων καὶ διαφιλοτιμουμένων ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας τε καὶ φιλοστοργίας, σύγκρισίν τε λαμβάνοντος ἤθους φιλοτέκνου πρὸς τρόπον φιλοπάτορα, συνέβη τοὺς λῃστὰς ἐπιφανέντας ἀμφοτέρους ἀνελεῖν. Ὅτι ὁ τοῦ Διηγύλιο...

deoménōn dè allḗlōn metà dakrýōn kaì diaphilotimouménōn hypèr eusebeías te kaì philostorgías, sýgkrisín te lambánontos ḗthous philotéknoυ pròs trópon philopátora, synébē toùs lēistàs epiphanéntas amphotérous aneleîn

... as they entreated each other with tears and vied in reverence and philostorgia, a child-loving character set against a father-loving bent, it fell out that the bandits appeared and killed them both

Direct narrative (Posidonius via Diodorus). The Gorgos set-piece: competitive piety and philostorgia between father and son.

The Stoic core: every citation

Chrysippus defines the term; later Stoics moralise, limit, and reclaim it. The spine runs from definition through natural affection, excess, social institutions, and virtue: eighteen Stoic passages, across noun, adjective, adverb, verb, and the privative form.

Fragment 292 · The definition

Chrysippus of Soli, Moral Fragments, Eulogikon: kms-ae, ref. 292

ἀγάπη δὲ ὁμόνοια ἂν εἴη τῶν κατὰ τὸν λόγον καὶ τὸν βίον καὶ τὸν τρόπον· ἢ συνελόντι φάναι κοινωνία βίου· ἢ ἐκτένεια φιλίας καὶ φιλοστοργίας μετὰ λόγου ὀρθοῦ περὶ χρῆσιν ἑταίρων. paullo post: παράκειται δὲ τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἥ τε φιλοξενία, φιλοτεχνία τις οὖσα περὶ χρῆσιν ξένων. p. 451....

agápē dè homónoia àn eíē tôn katà tòn lógon kaì tòn bíon kaì tòn trópon· ḗ synelónti phánai koinōnía bíou· ḗ ekténeia philías kaì philostorgías metà lógou orthoû perì chrêsin hetairōn.

Agapē would be like-mindedness in logos, life, and character; or, to put it concisely, a sharing of life; or an intensity of friendship and philostorgia with right logos concerning the use of companions.

Fragment transmitted by Clement of Alexandria (Stromata 9.41.2). The first philosophical definition of philostorgia in the corpus: a component of agapē governed by orthos logos, an ekteneia rather than mere instinct.

Fragment 731 · Natural only in the virtuous

Chrysippus of Soli, Moral Fragments, Eulogikon: kms-ae, ref. 731

δοκεῖ δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ γονέας σεβήσεσθαι (scil. τοὺς σπουδαίους) καὶ ἀδελφοὺς ἐν δευτέρᾳ μοίρᾳ μετὰ τοὺς θεούς. φασὶ δὲ καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὰ τέκνα φιλοστοργίαν φυσικὴν εἶναι αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐν φαύλοις μὴ εἶναι.

dokeî dè autoîs kaì goneas sebḗsesthai (scil. toùs spoudaíous) kaì adelphoùs en deutéra(i) moíra(i) metà toùs theoús. phasì dè kaì tḕn pròs tà tékna philostorgían physikḕn eînai autoîs kaì en phaúlois mḕ eînai.

It seems to them that the excellent (spoudaioi) will revere parents and brothers in second honour after the gods. And they say that philostorgia toward children is natural to them and is not present in the base (phauloi).

Doxographical report (transmitted by Stobaeus). Philostorgia is natural (physikē) only in the spoudaioi, not in the phauloi: a moral achievement aligned with correct logos.

Fragment 62 · Excessive philostorgia

Antipater of Tarsus, Testimonies and Fragments, Eulogikon: lcc-aa, ref. 62

...τεται. μετὰ ταῦτα εἰ ἀκολούθως τῷ ἑαυτῶν τρόπῳ ἤχασι τὴν θυγατέρα καὶ μὴ ἡττημένοι εἰσὶν καὶ ἀποκεκλικότες ἀπὸ τοῦ συμφέροντος διὰ τὴν ἄγαν φιλοστοργίαν· καὶ τοῦτο ποικίλως ἐξητακέναι καὶ διὰ δούλων καὶ δι’ ἐλευθέρων τῶν τε ἔνδοθεν καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν καὶ διὰ γειτόνων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἰσιόντων ε...

eisìn kaì apokeklikótes apò toû symphérontos dià tḕn ágan philostorgían

... some have turned away from the advantageous through excessive philostorgia

Fragment via Stobaeus. Antipater warns that excessive philostorgia can lead one away from what is sympheron: the right measure of affection as a function of right logos.

Fragment 63 · Marriage and blended affection

Antipater of Tarsus, Testimonies and Fragments, Eulogikon: lcc-aa, ref. 63

...κε δὲ καὶ τὸν μὴ πεῖραν ἐσχηκότα γαμετῆς γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων ἄγευστον εἶναι τῆς ἀληθινωτάτης καὶ γνησίου εὐνοίας. αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλαι φιλίαι ἢ φιλοστοργίαι ἐοίκασι ταῖς τῶν ὀσπρίων ἤ τινων ἄλλων παραπλησίων κατὰ τὰς παραθέσεις μίξεσιν, αἱ δ’ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς ταῖς δι’ ὅλων κράσεσιν, ὡς οἶν...

hai mèn gàr állai philíai ḗ philostorgíai eoíkasi taîs tôn ospíōn ... míxeis, hai d’ andròs kaì gynaikòs ... míxeis di’ holou

... for the other friendships or philostorgiai resemble mixtures set side by side, but those of husband and wife resemble blendings-through-and-through

Fragment via Stobaeus (On Marriage). Antipater distinguishes spousal philostorgia from other bonds: a thorough blending rather than a juxtaposed mixture.

Fragment 417 (50) · Affection for the nurturing land

Posidonius of Apameia and Rhodes, Fragments on Ocean Tides, Eulogikon: msa-ab, ref. 417 (50)

...ῶν ὅτι καὶ βαρβάρων ψυχαὶ θηριώδεις, ὅταν ἡ τύχη διαζεύγνυσι τὸ σύνηθες ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος, ὅμως οὐκ ἐπιλανθάνονται τῆς πρὸς τὴν θρέψασαν γῆν φιλοστοργίας. (Const. Exc. 4,386) Diodor 34/35,5 5. Ὅτι Τιβέριος ὁ Γράκχος ἦν υἱὸς Τιβερίου τοῦ δὶς ὑπατευκότος καὶ πολέμους ἐπιφανεῖς καὶ μεγάλους κ...

homōs ouk epilanthánontai tês pròs tḕn thrépsasan gên philostorgías

... nevertheless they do not forget their philostorgia toward the land that nurtured them

Fragment (Const. Exc.). Posidonius on emigrants who retain affection for their homeland despite separation.

Customs fragment · The Gorgos set-piece

Posidonius of Apameia and Rhodes, Fragments on Customs and Wars, Eulogikon: msa-ac, ref. 1052 003.2a,87,F.108r

...τὴρ προσεδέχετο τῶι τοῦ τέκνου θανάτωι διαφυγεῖν τὸν κίνδυνον. δεομένων δὲ ἀλλήλων μετὰ δακρύων καὶ διαφιλοτιμουμένων ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας τε καὶ φιλοστοργίας, σύγκρισίν τε λαμβάνοντος ἤθους φιλοτέκνου πρὸς τρόπον φιλοπάτορα, συνέβη τοὺς ληιστὰς ἐπιφανέντας ἀμφοτέρους ἀνελεῖν.

deoménōn dè allḗlōn metà dakrýōn kaì diaphilotimouménōn hypèr eusebeías te kaì philostorgías, sýgkrisín te lambánontos ḗthous philotéknoυ pròs trópon philopátora, synébē toùs lēistàs epiphanéntas amphotérους aneleîn

... as they entreated each other with tears and vied in reverence and philostorgia, a child-loving character set against a father-loving bent, it fell out that the bandits appeared and killed them both

Ethnographic fragment (Stobaeus). Posidonius's account of Gorgos of Morgantina: competitive piety and philostorgia between father and son.

Arius Didymus of Alexandria, Book-the Sects of Philosophers, Eulogikon: nac-aa, ref. 87,2

Ἀπὸ ταύτης γοῦν τῆς φιλοστοργίας καὶ διαθήκας τελευτᾶν μέλλοντας διατίθεσθαι, καὶ τῶν ἔτι κυοφορουμένων φροντίζειν, ἐπιτρόπους ἀπολιπόντας καὶ κηδεμόνας, καὶ τοῖς φιλτάτ...

Apò taútēs goûn tês philostorgías kaì diathēkas teleutân mellontas diatíthesthai, kaì tôn éti kyophorouménōn phrontízein

From this philostorgia, indeed, those about to die make wills and take thought for those still in the womb

Doxographical report of Stoic ethics. Arius derives wills and care for the unborn from philostorgia: natural affection grounding social institutions.

Discourse 1.11 · Natural and reasonable

Epictetus the Stoic, Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian, Eulogikon: ojw-ac, ref. 1.11

...ατὰ φύσιν καταμαθὼν τούτῳ προσχρώμενος διακρινεῖς τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους ἕκαστον. Ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ παρόντος τὰ τοσαῦτα ἔχω σοι πρὸς ὃ βούλει βοηθῆσαι. τὸ φιλόστοργον δοκεῖ σοι κατὰ φύσιν τ’ εἶναι καὶ καλόν; — Πῶς γὰρ οὔ; — Τί δέ; τὸ μὲν φιλόστοργον κατὰ φύσιν τ’ ἐστὶ καὶ καλόν, τὸ δ’ εὐλόγιστον οὐ καλό...

tò philóstorgon dokeî soi katà phýsin t’ eînai kaì kalón; ... Mḕ toínun máchēn échei tô(i) philostórgō(i) tò eulógiston; ... hó ti àn heurískōmen homoû mèn philóstorgon homoû d’ eulógiston, toûto tharroûntes apophainómetha orthón te eînai kaì kalón

Does the affectionate seem to you to be in accord with physis and good? ... Does the reasonable not conflict with the affectionate? ... whatever we find at once affectionate and at once well-reasoning, this we confidently declare to be right and good

Direct discourse. Epictetus's fullest argument: to philostorgon is kata physis and must be eulogiston; the discourse also uses philostorgōs, philostorgeō, and philostorgia in the same unit.

Discourse 1.23 · Against Epicurus

Epictetus the Stoic, Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian, Eulogikon: ojw-ac, ref. 1.23

...τῆς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ οὐσίας οὔτε θαυμάζειν οὔτ’ ἀποδέχεσθαι· καὶ καλῶς αὐτοῦ κρατεῖ. πῶς οὖν ὑπονοητικοί ἐσμεν, οἷς μὴ φυσικὴ ἔστι πρὸς τὰ ἔγγονα φιλοστοργία; διὰ τί ἀποσυμβουλεύεις τῷ σοφῷ τεκνοτροφεῖν; τί φοβῇ μὴ διὰ ταῦτα εἰς λύπας ἐμπέσῃ; διὰ γὰρ τὸν μῦν τὸν ἔσω τρεφόμενον ἐμπίπτει; τί οὖν...

pôs oûn hyponoētikoí esmen, hoîs mḕ physikḕ ésti pròs tà éngona philostorgía; dià tí aposymbouleúeis tô(i) sophô(i) teknotropheîn;

How then are we suspicious, we who have a natural philostorgia toward offspring? Why do you advise the wise man not to raise children?

Direct discourse. Natural philostorgia toward offspring (physikē philostorgia pros ta engona) as a premise against Epicurean withdrawal from family life.

Discourse 2.17 · The unaffectionate old man

Epictetus the Stoic, Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian, Eulogikon: ojw-ac, ref. 2.17

..., προστίθεσθε, ταὐτὰ εὔχεσθε, περὶ ταὐτὰ σπουδάζετε. εἶτα οὐδὲ ζητεῖτε τὸν ὑπομνήσοντα ὑμᾶς, ἀλλ’ ἄχθεσθε, ἐὰν ἀκούητε τούτων. εἶτα λέγετε ‘ἀφιλόστοργος γέρων· ἐξερχομένου μου οὐκ ἔκλαυσεν οὐδ’ εἶπεν „εἰς οἵαν περίστασιν ἀπέρχῃ μοι, τέκνον· ἂν σωθῇς, ἅψω λύχνουσ“‘. ταῦτ’ ἔστι τὰ τοῦ φιλοστ...

aphilóstorgos gérōn· exerchoménou mou ouk éklausen ... taût’ estì taûta toû philostórgou;

An unaffectionate old man: when I was leaving he did not weep ... are these the marks of the affectionate man?

Direct discourse. aphilostorgos (privative) marks false philostorgia: sentimental display that conflicts with reason and independence.

Discourse 3.17 · A man named Philostorgos

Epictetus the Stoic, Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian, Eulogikon: ojw-ac, ref. 3.17

...σου ἔχει, εἰ ἐν τῷ αἰδήμων. οὐ γὰρ εὑρήσεις· ἀλλ’ ὅπου κρείττων, ἐκεῖ σαυτὸν εὑρήσεις πλέον ἔχοντα. κἀγώ ποτ’ εἶπόν τινι ἀγανακτοῦντι, ὅτι Φιλόστοργος εὐτυχεῖ, Ἤθελες ἂν σὺ μετὰ Σούρα κοιμᾶσθαι; — ‘Μὴ γένοιτο‘, φησίν, ‘ἐκείνη ἡ ἡμέρα.‘ — Τί οὖν ἀγανακτεῖς, εἰ λαμβάνει τι ἀνθ’ οὗ πωλεῖ; ἢ...

kagṑ pot’ eîpon tini aganaktoûnti, hóti Philóstorgos eutycheî, Ḕtheles àn sy metà Soúra koimâsthai;

I once said to someone complaining that Philostorgos is fortunate: Would you want to sleep with Soura?

Direct discourse. Philostorgos here is a personal name, used in an argument about what counts as genuine good fortune.

Discourse 3.18 · The affectionate father

Epictetus the Stoic, Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian, Eulogikon: ojw-ac, ref. 3.18

...ἔργον ἐστὶ τὸ ἐκεῖνον ἀποφήνασθαι; — Οὔ. — Τί οὖν ἔτι σοι μέλει; ἔστι τι τοῦ πατρός σου ἔργον, ὃ ἂν μὴ ἐκπληρώσῃ, ἀπώλεσεν τὸν πατέρα, τὸν φιλόστοργον, τὸν ἥμερον. ἄλλο δὲ μηδὲν ζήτει τούτου ἕνεκα αὐτὸν ἀπολέσθαι. οὐδέποτε γὰρ ἐν ἄλλῳ μέν τις ἁμαρτάνει, εἰς ἄλλο δὲ βλάπτεται. πάλιν σὸν ἔ...

ésti ti toû patrós sou érgon, hò àn mḕ ekplērṓsē(i), apṓlesen tòn patéra, tòn philóstorgon, tòn hḗmeron

there is some work of your father which, if he does not fulfil it, he loses the father, the affectionate one, the gentle one

Direct discourse. ton philostorgon as a moral character-type: affection is part of the role of a father, not an external attachment.

Discourse 3.24 · The reclamation

Epictetus the Stoic, Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian, Eulogikon: ojw-ac, ref. 3.24

...δεξαι βραχὺ καὶ τούτους πάλιν ἕξεις συνήθεις. εἶτα ἂν οὕτως ἀγεννῶς ἔχῃς, πάλιν καὶ τούτων ἀπαλλαττόμενος κλαῖε καὶ στένε. Πῶς οὖν γένωμαι φιλόστοργος; — Ὡς γενναῖος, ὡς εὐτυχής· οὐδέποτε γὰρ αἱρεῖ ὁ λόγος ταπεινὸν εἶναι οὐδὲ κατακλᾶσθαι οὐδ’ ἐξ ἄλλου κρέμασθαι οὐδὲ μέμψασθαί ποτε θεὸν ἢ...

gínou philóstorgos hōs taûta tērḗsōn· ei dè dià tḕn philostorgían taútēn ... doûlos mélleis eînai ... eîtá moi kaleîs toûto philostorgían;

Become affectionate as one who will preserve these things. But if through this philostorgia ... you are going to be a slave ... do you call this philostorgia?

Direct discourse. Epictetus reclaims the term: true philostorgia does not enslave; it is compatible with the freedom of proairesis.

1.9.1 · At once passionless and most affectionate

Marcus Aurelius the Stoic Philosopher, To Himself, Eulogikon: qpy-aa, ref. 1.9.1

...ικὸν τῶν εἰς βίον ἀναγκαίων δογμάτων· καὶ τὸ μηδὲ ἔμφασίν ποτε ὀργῆς ἢ ἄλλου τινὸς πάθους παρασχεῖν, ἀλλὰ ἅμα μὲν ἀπαθέστατον εἶναι, ἅμα δὲ φιλοστοργότατον· καὶ τὸ εὔφημον ἀψοφητὶ καὶ τὸ πολυμαθὲς ἀνεπιφάντως.

háma mèn apathéstaton eînai, háma dè philostorgótaton

... to be at once most free of passion and at once most affectionate

Direct. Marcus on Sextus of Chaeronea: apathēstaton and philostorgotaton held together, the Stoic synthesis.

1.17.8 · An affectionate wife

Marcus Aurelius the Stoic Philosopher, To Himself, Eulogikon: qpy-aa, ref. 1.17.8

...ηται, καὶ τὸ αὐτῷ ἐμοὶ χρείαν ὁμοίαν, ὡς παρ’ ἑτέρου μεταλαβεῖν, μὴ συμπεσεῖν· τὸ τὴν γυναῖκα τοιαύτην εἶναι, οὑτωσὶ μὲν πειθήνιον, οὕτω δὲ φιλόστοργον, οὕτω δὲ ἀφελῆ· τὸ ἐπιτηδείων τροφέων εἰς τὰ παιδία εὐπορῆσαι.

tò tḕn gynaîka toiaútēn eînai, hoútōsi mèn peithḗnion, hoútō dè philóstorgon, hoútō dè aphelê

... that his wife was such: so obedient, so affectionate, so unaffected

Direct. Marcus gives thanks for a philostorgon wife among the goods of his upbringing.

2.5.1 · Listed among virtues

Marcus Aurelius the Stoic Philosopher, To Himself, Eulogikon: qpy-aa, ref. 2.5.1

... καὶ ἀπλάστου σεμνότητος καὶ φιλοστοργίας καὶ ἐλευθερίας καὶ δικαιότητος πράσσειν καὶ σχολὴν ἑαυτῷ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἄλλων φαντασιῶν πορίζειν. ποριεῖς δέ, ἂν ὡς ἐσχάτην τοῦ βίου ἑκάσ...

... kaì aplástou semnótētos kaì philostorgías kaì eleutherías kaì dikaiotétos prássein

... and to act with unfeigned dignity, and philostorgia, and freedom, and justice

Direct. Philostorgia listed among virtues alongside semnotēs, eleutheria, and dikaiotēs.

6.30.1 · A character to preserve

Marcus Aurelius the Stoic Philosopher, To Himself, Eulogikon: qpy-aa, ref. 6.30.1

τήρησον οὖν σεαυτὸν ἁπλοῦν, ἀγαθόν, ἀκέραιον, σεμνόν, ἄκομψον, τοῦ δικαίου φίλον, θεοσεβῆ, εὐμενῆ, φιλόστοργον, ἐρρωμένον πρὸς τὰ πρέποντα ἔργα. ἀγώνισαι, ἵνα τοιοῦτος συμμείνῃς, οἷόν σε ἠθέλησε ποιῆσαι φιλοσοφία. αἰδοῦ θεούς, σῷζε ἀνθρώπους. βραχὺ...

tḕrēson oûn seautòn ... philóstorgon, errōménen pròs tà préponta érga

... keep yourself ... affectionate, strong for the fitting works

Direct. Marcus exhorts himself to remain philostorgos as part of the philosophical character he must preserve.

11.18.4 · Affectionately and without gall

Marcus Aurelius the Stoic Philosopher, To Himself, Eulogikon: qpy-aa, ref. 11.18.4

...τοῦτο οὕτως ἔχει, ὅτι οὐδὲ μέλισσαι αὐτὸ ποιοῦσιν οὐδ’ ὅσα συναγελαστικὰ πέφυκε. δεῖ δὲ μήτε εἰρωνικῶς αὐτὸ ποιεῖν μήτε ὀνειδιστικῶς, ἀλλὰ φιλοστόργως καὶ ἀδήκτως τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐν σχολῇ μηδὲ ἵνα ἄλλος παραστὰς θαυμάσῃ, ἀλλ’ ᾗ τοι πρὸς μόνον καὶ ἐὰν ἄλλοι τινὲς περιεστήκωσι. Τούτων τῶ...

allà philostórgōs kaì adḗktōs tê(i) psychê(i)

... but affectionately and without gall in the psychē

Direct. philostorgōs paired with adēktōs: affectionate correction of the wrongdoer without bitterness.

Stoic authors confirmed absent

Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, Musonius Rufus, and Hierocles the Stoic do not use philostorgia in any surviving text. The term enters Stoicism with Chrysippus and continues through Antipater, Posidonius, Arius Didymus, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.

Roman period historians and rhetors (50–200 CE)

Philo of Alexandria, On the Life of Moses, Books I-II, Eulogikon: lgi-aj, ref. Mos 1 150

...κοινωνοὺς αὖθις δὲ καὶ διαδόχους ἀποφῆναι· γνώμῃ γὰρ ἀδόλῳ καὶ καθαρᾷ πρὸς πάντα μικρά τε αὖ καὶ μεγάλα χρώμενος τὴν φυσικὴν πρὸς τὰ τέκνα φιλοστοργίαν οἷα κριτὴς ἀγαθὸς ἐνίκα τῷ περὶ τὸν λογισμὸν ἀδεκάστῳ. προὔκειτο γὰρ ἓν αὐτῷ τέλος ἀναγκαιότατον, ὀνῆσαι τοὺς ἀρχομένους καὶ πάνθ’ ὑπὲρ...

tḕn physikḕn pròs tà tékna philostorgían oîa kritês agathòs eníka tô(i) perì tòn logismòn adekástō(i)

the natural philostorgia toward children, as a good judge, he overcame [bias] through his unwavering reasoning

Direct (Life of Moses). Moses's parental philostorgia governed by impartial logismos in public affairs.

Nicolaus of Damascus, On the Life of Antipater, Eulogikon: ocy-aa, ref. 99 (200)

...καὶ ὑπερησπάζετο. Ἐκ τούτου πλεῖν ἔδει ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνος· προσταχθὲν δ’ αὐτῷ ἐμβαίνειν εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν Καίσαρι ναῦν σὺν πέντε δούλοις, αὐτὸς ὑπὸ φιλοστοργίας καὶ τρεῖς ἑταίρους πρὸς τοῖς δούλοις ἐνεβίβασε· καὶ ἐδεδίει, μὴ τοῦτο γνοὺς Καῖσαρ ἐπιμέμψαιτο. Τοὐναντίον δ’ ἐγένετο· ἥσθη γὰρ ἐκεῖνος...

autòs hypò philostorgías kaì treîs hetairous pròs toîs doúlois enebíbase

he himself, through philostorgia, brought on board three companions in addition to the five slaves

Historical narrative (Life of Antipater). Philostorgia as loyal companionship toward Caesar.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.4.272

...η δουλευέτω, τῷ δ’ ἑβδόμῳ ἐλεύθερος ἀφείσθω· ἐὰν δὲ τέκνων αὐτῷ γενομένων ἐκ δούλης παρὰ τῷ πριαμένῳ διὰ τὴν εὔνοιαν καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὰ οἰκεῖα φιλοστοργίαν βούληται δουλεύειν, ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐνστάντος τοῦ ἰοβήλου, πεντηκοστὸς δὲ ἐνιαυτός ἐστιν, ἐλευθερούσθω καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα ἐλευθέραν ἐ...

dià tḕn eúnoian kaì tḕn pròs tà oikeía philostorgían

... through goodwill and philostorgia toward kin

Historical narrative (Antiquities). Philostorgia toward one's own in the manumission law.

Chariton of Aphrodisias, On Chaerea and Callirhoe, Eulogikon: npw-aa, ref. 2.8.7

...εν εἰς τὸ κατεργάσασθαι τὸν ἔρωτα τῷ δεσπότῃ· συνήγορον ἔχεις τὸ κατὰ γαστρός· εὕρηται πειθοῦς ἐνέχυρον· νικήσει σωφροσύνην γυναικὸς μητρὸς φιλοστοργία.

nikḗsei sōphrosýnēn gynaikòs mētros philostorgía

... a mother's philostorgia will overcome [her] chastity

Novelistic (Callirhoe). Philostorgia as maternal motive in the romantic plot.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. 494 C

...ον κάτω ἕλκεται ὄσσε καλύπτων,‘ ἆρ’ οὐχ ὅμοιός ἐστι διανοουμένῳ πρὸς τοὺς κυνηγοὺς σπένδεσθαι περὶ τῶν τέκνων; καθόλου γὰρ ἡ πρὸς τὰ ἔγγονα φιλοστοργία καὶ τὰ δειλὰ τολμηρὰ ποιεῖ καὶ φιλόπονα τὰ ῥᾴθυμα καὶ φειδωλὰ τὰ γαστρίμαργα· καὶ ὥσπερ ἡ Ὁμηρικὴ ὄρνις προσφέρουσα τοῖς νεοττοῖς (Ι 324)...

kathólou gàr hē pròs tà éngona philostorgía kaì tà deilà tolmērà poieî kaì philópona tà rháithyma kaì pheidōlà tà gastrímarga

For in general the affection toward offspring makes even the cowardly bold, the lazy hard-working, and the gluttonous sparing.

Philosophical essay (On Affection for Offspring). Plutarch on the power of philostorgia toward offspring across animal nature.

Dio Chrysostom of Prusa, Orations, Eulogikon: okq-ac, ref. 3 131

...ἡγεμονικοὺς τὸ ἀρχῆς μεταλαμβάνειν, τοὺς δὲ αὖ πολεμικοὺς τὸ πράττειν τι τῶν πολεμικῶν, τοὺς δὲ ἐπιμελεῖς τὸ πράγματα διοικεῖν· τούς γε μὴν φιλοστόργους ἡ συνήθεια.

toùs ge mḕn philostórgous hē synḗtheia

... as for the affectionate, habit [draws them to goodwill]

Rhetorical oration. hoi philostorgoi as a civic character-type drawn toward eunoia.

Lucian of Samosata, Renounced, Eulogikon: pfk-bt, ref. Abdic 15

...ν, ἀνέστησα, καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἐμαυτῷ διεφύλαξα, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀποκηρύξεως ἀπελογησάμην, καὶ τῇ εὐνοίᾳ τὴν ὀργὴν ἔπαυσα, καὶ τὸν νόμον ἔλυσα τῇ φιλοστοργίᾳ, καὶ μεγάλης εὐεργεσίας τὴν ἐς τὸ γένος ἐπάνοδον ἐπριάμην, καὶ ἐν οὕτως ἐπισφαλεῖ καιρῷ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα πίστιν ἐπεδειξάμην, καὶ μετὰ...

kaì tòn nómon élysa tê(i) philostorgía(i)

... and dissolved the law of disinheritance through philostorgia

Satirical (The Renounced). The speaker claims he annulled the law of apokēryxis through philostorgia, restoring filial duty toward his father.

Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophists, Eulogikon: rda-ab, ref. Deipn 13 85

...ὸν Κοίρανον, ὡσεὶ συνεκφερόντων καὶ συγκηδευόντων τὸν ἄνθρωπον.‘ ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς ἱστορεῖ Φύλαρχος διὰ τῆς εἰκοστῆς (ib. 343) ὅσην ἐλέφας τὸ ζῷον φιλοστοργίαν ἔσχεν εἰς παιδίον. γράφει δ’ οὕτως· ‘τούτῳ δὲ τῷ ἐλέφαντι συνετρέφετο θήλεια ἐλέφας, ἣν Νίκαιαν ἐκάλουν· ᾧ τελευτῶσα ἡ τοῦ τρέφοντος Ἰνδ...

hósēn eléphas tò zôion philostorgían éschen eis paidíon

... how much philostorgia the elephant as an animal had toward a child

Miscellanist (Deipnosophistae, citing Phylarchus). Philostorgia extended to animal affection for a human child.

Post-Stoic philosophical reception (200–540 CE)

Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, Eulogikon: qya-ah, ref. 9.41.6

ἥ τε φιλανθρωπία, δι’ ἣν καὶ ἡ φιλοστοργία, φιλικὴ χρῆσις ἀνθρώπων ὑπάρχουσα, ἥ τε φιλοστοργία, φιλοτεχνία τις οὖσα περὶ στέρξιν φίλων ἢ οἰκείων, συμπαρομαρτοῦσιν ἀγάπῃ.

hḗ te philanthropía, di’ hḕn kaì hē philostorgía ... hḗ te philostorgía, philotechnía tis oûsa perì stérxin phílōn ḕ oikeíōn

And philanthropia, through which also philostorgia exists ... and philostorgia, being a kind of skill concerning the affection of friends or kin.

Clement quotes and adapts the Chrysippean definition. He redefines philostorgia as philotechnia tis peri sterxin: from natural bond to cultivated art of loving.

Iamblichus of Chalcis, On Common Mathematical Knowledge, Eulogikon: udw-ac, ref. Comm Math 23

...της ἐπαγωγῆς, ἣ διὰ συνηθείας ἐκ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστα γίνεσθαι πέφυκεν· ὅ τε φιλόσοφος ἔοικεν (εἰ δεῖ καθάπερ τὰς ἄλλας οἰκείας ὀρέξεις, ὅσαι τῇ φιλοστοργίᾳ τῇ πρός τι γένος εἰσὶν ὠνομασμέναι, καὶ τούτῳ προσάψαι τοὔνομα οἰκείως ἀπὸ τοῦ πάθους) ἐπιστήμης τινὸς ἔχειν ἔφεσιν δι’ αὑτὴν τιμίας, ἀλλ...

ei deî katháper tàs állas oikeías orexeis, hósai tê(i) philostorgía(i) tê(i) prós ti génos eisin ōnomasménai

If one ought, just as the other proper appetites named after philostorgia toward some class...

Iamblichus uses philostorgia as a template for the philosopher's desire for knowledge.

Simplicius of Cilicia, Commentary-Epictetus' Handbook, Eulogikon: uzu-ac, ref. in Epict.85

...ὸς τοὺς πόνους οὓς οἱ γονεῖς ὑπὲρ τῶν τέκνων πονοῦσιν, ἅμα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας παντοδαπῶς ὑποτάξαι βουλόμενοι, καὶ τῇ τῶν γονέων (οἶμαι) φυσικῇ φιλοστοργίᾳ θαῤῥήσαντες· καὶ πιπράσκειν, εἰ βούλοιντο, τοὺς παῖδας τοῖς γονεῦσιν ἐπέτρεψαν, καὶ φονεύειν ἀτιμωρήτως. Οἱ δὲ ἔτι παλαιότεροι τοσοῦτον τ...

tê(i) tôn goneôn (oîmai) physikê(i) philostorgía(i) tharrḗsantes

... trusting in the natural philostorgia of parents, I think

Commentary. Simplicius reaffirms the Stoic concept of physikē philostorgia as the ground of filial duty.

Complete attestation register

Every remaining indexed φιλοστοργ- occurrence in the Eulogikon corpus (318 register entries), verified against Postgres and arranged by period. Each entry carries the Greek excerpt, full transliteration, and warrant-faithful English with the philostorg- form kept transliterated. The curated stations above remain the argumentative spine; this register supplies full lexical coverage.

Archaic and classical extensions

Heraclitus of Ephesus II, Allegories Or Homeric Questions, Eulogikon: bko-aa, ref. 1 4 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἑορταῖς οὕτω τὴν Ὁμηρικὴν ἀσέβειαν ἐνηγκάλισται φιλοστόργως , τοὺς ἐναγεῖς λόγους διὰ στόματος ᾄδων. Εὐθὺς γὰρ...

...heortaîs ohýtō tḕn Omērikḕn asébeian enēnkálistai philostórgōs , toỳs enageîs lógous dià stómatos adōn. Eythỳs gàr...

...celebrating festivals, has embraced Homeric impiety philostorgōs, singing the accursed words with his mouth. For straightaway from...

adverb attestation; presocratic; philosophy.

Classical attestations (supplement)

Antiphon of Athens, On Sedition and Political Defense, Eulogikon: bqs-ah, ref. 72 (form: φιλοστοργί)

...ς. Ammon. π. διαφ. λέξ. p. 127 Valck. ἀστοργί α , φιλοστοργί α , στοργ ή· Ἀ.

...s. ?????. p. diaph. léx. ?. ?????. astorgí a , philostorgí a , storg ḗ· A.

...astorgia, philostorgia, storgē: A.

adjective attestation; sophist; oratory.

Xenophon Scholia, Scholia-Euripides' Hippolytus, Eulogikon: cto-ab, ref. 2.427 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...εἰς αὐτὴν σώζει ὁ πατὴρ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν, ἀντὶ τοῦ τῆς φιλοστοργίας τῆς παιδὸς ἀντικαταλλασσόμενος. ἄγαλμα δὲ πᾶν ἐφ᾿...

...eis autḕn sṓzei ho patḕr tḕn apallagḕn, antì toŷ tês philostorgías tês paidòs antikatallassómenos. ágalma dè pân eph...

...the father preserves the release for her, exchanging it in return for the philostorgias of the child. Every statue upon which someone...

noun attestation; grammar.

Xenophon Scholia, Scholia-Euripides' Hippolytus, Eulogikon: cto-ab, ref. 2.628 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...εἰς αὐτὴν σώζει ὁ πατὴρ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν, ἀντὶ τοῦ τῆς φιλοστοργίας τῆς παιδὸς ἀντικαταλλασσόμενος. ἄγαλμα δὲ πᾶν ἐφ᾿...

...eis autḕn sṓzei ho patḕr tḕn apallagḕn, antì toŷ tês philostorgías tês paidòs antikatallassómenos. ágalma dè pân eph...

...the father preserves the release for her, exchanging it in return for the philostorgias of the child. Every statue upon which someone...

noun attestation; grammar.

Xenophon Scholia, Scholia on Euripides, Eulogikon: cto-aj, ref. sch Andr 529 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

διὰ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς ὑπόμνησιν φιλοστοργίας παίδων ἄγει τὸν Μενέλαον, μονονουχὶ βοῶσα ὅτι καὶ σὺ...

dià toŷ paidòs eis hypómnēsin philostorgías paídōn ágei tòn Menélaon, mononouchì boôsa hóti kaì sỳ...

Through the child he leads Menelaos to a recollection of philostorgias for children, crying out, as it were, that you too p...

noun attestation; grammar.

Xenophon Scholia, Scholia on Euripides, Eulogikon: cto-aj, ref. sch Hipp 627 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...εἰς αὐτὴν σῴζει ὁ πατὴρ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν ἀντὶ τῆς φιλοστοργίας τῆς παιδὸς ἀντικαταλλασσόμενος: —M g ἐπιζήμιον ἐ…

...eis autḕn sōzei ho patḕr tḕn apallagḕn antì tês philostorgías tês paidòs antikatallassómenos: ? ? epizḗmion e

...the father preserves for her the release from the poiia, exchanging it in place of the philostorgias of the girl: M g, a penalty e...

noun attestation; grammar.

Xenophon Scholia, Scholia on Euripides, Eulogikon: cto-aj, ref. sch Ph 1078 (form: φιλοστόργου)

...ἄλλω ς: εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ ἀκμαιότατον τοῦ πολέμου ἦλθον: φιλοστόργου μητρὸς ἦθος· εὔχεται γὰρ ἑκάτερον εὐτυχεῖν.

...állō s: eis autò tò akmaiótaton toŷ polémou êlthon: philostórgou mētròs êthos· eúchetai gàr hekáteron eutycheîn.

...B, otherwise: they came to the very height of the battle: the character of a philostorgou mother, for she offers euchē for each to fare well.

adjective attestation; grammar.

Xenophon of Athens, Agesilaus, Eulogikon: ezq-ai, ref. Ages.7.7 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἀγαπωμένης, τὸ μὲν μεγάλαυχον οὐκ εἶδέ τις, τὸ δὲ φιλόστοργον καὶ θεραπευτικὸν τῶν φίλων καὶ μὴ ζητῶν κατενόησεν ἄν.

...agapōménēs, tò mèn megálauchon ouk eîdé tis, tò dè philóstorgon kaì therapeutikòn tôn phílōn kaì mḕ zētôn katenóēsen án.

...but being beloved, no one saw any arrogance in her, while the philostorgon and attentive care toward her friends could be observed even by one not seeking it.

adjective attestation; history.

Xenophon of Athens, Cyropaedia, Eulogikon: ezq-ag, ref. Cyr.1.3.2 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...τῆς μητρὸς πατέρα ὄντα, εὐθὺς οἷα δὴ παῖς φύσει φιλόστοργος ὢν ἠσπάζετό τε αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις πάλαι...

...tês mētròs patéra ónta, euthỳs ohîa dḕ paîs phýsei philóstorgos ṑn ēspázetó te autòn hṓsper àn eí tis pálai...

...being the father of his mother Tyaghe, straightaway, as a child philostorgos by physis, he embraced him just as if someone had long been raised together with him...

adjective attestation; history.

Plato of Athens, Laws, Eulogikon: ffk-bm, ref. Leg.931.b (form: φιλοστοργοῦντες)

...πόλις εὐνομοῦσα εὐδαιμονεῖ, τούτους οἱ παῖδες παίδων φιλοστοργοῦντες ζῶσι μεθ’ ἡδονῆς· καὶ τὰ περὶ ταῦτα ὀξὺ μὲν...

...pólis eunomoŷsa eudaimoneî, toútous ohi paîdes paídōn philostorgoŷntes zôsi meth' hēdonês· kaì tà perì taŷta oxỳ mèn...

...a city that is well-governed flourishes, and those among whom the children of children live philostorgountes with pleasure; and they hear acutely about these matters...

verb attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Philip II King of Macedonia, Philip's Diplomatic Letters, Eulogikon: fxc-aa, ref. 8 1 (t) (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...τοῦ συμφέροντος, ὅτι τὸ κατὰ φύσιν συγγενὲς οὐ φύσει φιλοστόργῳ ἀλλ’ ἀρετῇ κρίνασα δοκιμάζεις. οὕτω γὰρ οἶμαι καὶ...

...toŷ symphérontos, hóti tò katà phýsin syngenès ou phýsei philostórgōi all' aretêi krínasa dokimázeis. ohýtō gàr oîmai kaì...

...of what is advantageous, because you judge and approve what is akin by physis not by a philostorgō physis but by virtue. For thus I think also we...

adjective attestation; unknown.

Philip II King of Macedonia, Philip's Diplomatic Letters, Eulogikon: fxc-aa, ref. 8 1 (t) (form: φιλόστοργον)

...κομιζούσης τῷ βίῳ διόλου, μὴ τῷ γένει χαρίζεσθαι τὸ φιλόστοργον , ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ γένους ἀξιώματι μεταδιδόναι τῆς...

...komizoúsēs tôi bíōi diólou, mḕ tôi génei charízesthai tò philóstorgon , allà tôi toŷ génous axiṓmati metadidónai tês...

...bringing throughout life, not to grant the philostorgon to one's kin, but to impart philanthrō... to the dignity of one's kin...

adjective attestation; unknown.

Aristotle, History of Animals, Eulogikon: hgw-av, ref. HA 611a (form: φιλόστοργον)

...Καὶ ὅλως γε δοκεῖ τὸ τῶν ἵππων γένος εἶναι φύσει φιλόστοργον . Σημεῖον δέ· πολλάκις γὰρ αἱ στέριφαι ἀφαιρούμεναι...

...Kaì hólōs ge dokeî tò tôn híppōn génos eînai phýsei philóstorgon . Sēmeîon dé· pollákis gàr ahi stériphai aphairoúmenai...

...of one another. And in general the race of horses seems by physis to be philostorgon. A sign of this: for often the barren mares, when deprived of their...

adjective attestation; aristotelian; philosophy.

Aristotle, History of Animals, Eulogikon: hgw-av, ref. HA 621a (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τὰ ἰχθύδια ἄττει καὶ ἦχον ποιεῖ καὶ μυγμόν. Οὕτω δὲ φιλοστόργως μένει πρὸς τοῖς ᾠοῖς, ὥστε οἱ ἁλιεῖς ἑκάστοτε, ἂν ἐν...

...tà ichthýdia áttei kaì êchon poieî kaì mygmón. Ohýtō dè philostórgōs ménei pròs toîs ōoîs, hṓste ohi halieîs hekástote, àn en...

...for the small fish dart about and make a sound and a murmuring. And it remains philostorgos toward the eggs, so that the fishermen on each occasion, if among the b...

adverb attestation; aristotelian; philosophy.

Aristotle, Physiognomics, Eulogikon: hgw-bf, ref. Phgn 809b (form: φιλόστοργον)

...μεγαλόψυχον καὶ φιλόνικον, καὶ πραῢ καὶ δίκαιον καὶ φιλόστοργον πρὸς ἃ ἂν ὁμιλήσῃ. ἡ δὲ πάρδαλις τῶν ἀνδρείων εἶναι...

...megalópsychon kaì philónikon, kaì pray kaì díkaion kaì philóstorgon pròs hà àn homilḗsēi. hē dè párdalis tôn andreíōn eînai...

...magnanimous and competitive, and gentle and just and philostorgon toward whatever it associates with. The leopard is thought to belong to the courageous...

adjective attestation; aristotelian; philosophy.

Clearchus of Soli, On Hunting with Mirrors, Eulogikon: hki-aa, ref. 3 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐν τούτοις: καὶ τοῖς κολοιοῖς δὲ διὰ τὴν φυσικὴν φιλοστοργίαν , καίπερ τοσοῦτον πανουργίᾳ διαφέρουσιν, ὅμως ὅταν...

...en toútois: kaì toîs koloioîs dè dià tḕn physikḕn philostorgían , kaíper tosoŷton panourgíāi diaphérousin, hómōs hótan...

...he reports in these matters: and among the jackdaws also, on account of their natural philostorgian, although they so greatly excel in cunning, nevertheless when they...

noun attestation; peripatetic; philosophy.

Clearchus of Soli, On Hunting with Mirrors, Eulogikon: hki-aa, ref. 73 (form: φιλοστοργῶσί)

...ῥαπίζουσιν, ἵνα τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πράγματος ὕβριν φεύγοντες φιλοστοργῶσί τε καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ προσίωσι τοῖς γάμοις. ἐν δὲ Ἀθήναις...

...rhapízousin, hína tḕn ek toŷ prágmatos hýbrin pheúgontes philostorgôsí te kaì en hṓrāi prosíōsi toîs gámois. en dè Athḗnais...

...they strike with rods, so that, fleeing the outrage of the act, they may philostorgein and approach the marriages at the proper time. And in Athens first...

verb attestation; peripatetic; philosophy.

Hellenistic attestations

Zeno of Rhodes, Rhodian Historical Fragments, Eulogikon: lrw-aa, ref. 3 (100) (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...τὸ δὲ περὶ τὴν ναυμαχίαν διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα φιλοστοργίαν . Εἶτα, τίς οὐκ εἰκότως ἂν Ζήνωνι μέμψαιτο, διότι τὸ...

...tò dè perì tḕn naumachían dià tḕn pròs tḕn patrída philostorgían . Eîta, tís ouk eikótōs àn Zḗnōni mémpsaito, dióti tò...

...and the affair concerning the sea battle on account of the philostorgian toward the fatherland. Then, who would not justly find fault with Zeno, because the...

noun attestation; history.

Theophrastus of Eresus, On Piety, Eulogikon: ljk-ar, ref. Piet 19 (form: φιλοστοργεῖν)

...ὡς τροφοῦ καὶ μητρὸς ἡμῶν κλινομένους ὑμνεῖν καὶ φιλοστοργεῖν ὡς τεκοῦσαν· οὕτως γὰρ τῆς τοῦ βίου καταστροφῆς...

...hōs trophoŷ kaì mētròs hēmôn klinoménous hymneîn kaì philostorgeîn hōs tekoŷsan· ohýtōs gàr tês toŷ bíou katastrophês...

...bowing down to her as our nurse and mother, to hymn and philostorgein her as the one who gave us birth; for in this way, having obtained the end of life...

verb attestation; peripatetic; philosophy.

Hecataeus of Abdera, On Egyptian Philosophy and Religion, Eulogikon: hoe-ac, ref. 3a,264,F 25 (1000) (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ταῖς εἰς τοὺς ἡγουμένους εὐνοίαις πᾶσαν συγγενικὴν φιλοστοργίαν ὑπερεβάλλετο· οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὸ σύστημα τῶν ἱερέων,...

...taîs eis toỳs hēgouménous eunoíais pâsan syngenikḕn philostorgían hyperebálleto· ou gàr mónon tò sýstēma tôn hieréōn,...

...surpassed every familial philostorgia by means of goodwill toward those in leadership; for not only the body of priests, but also...

noun attestation; history.

Theocritus of Syracuse, Idylls, Eulogikon: izc-ad, ref. book 18.10 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...καθ’ ὥραν αὐτὸν ἐχρῆν τυ, παῖδα δ’ ἐᾶν σὺν παισὶ φιλοστόργῳ παρὰ ματρί παίσδειν ἐς βαθὺν ὄρθρον, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἔνας...

...kath' hṓran autòn echrên ty, paîda d' eân sỳn paisì philostórgōi parà matrí paísdein es bathỳn órthron, epeì kaì énas...

...him ought to be attending to his work at the proper hour, but the child should be left to play with children beside a philostorgos mother until deep dawn, since both yesterday and...

adjective attestation; poetry.

Phylarchus of Athens, Historical Fragments and Anecdotes, Eulogikon: jds-ab, ref. 2a,81,F 36 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...ο . ἀποθανούσης δὲ τῆς ἀνθρώπου δεινή τις φιλοστοργία γέγονε τοῦ θηρίου πρὸς τὸ παιδίον · οὔτε γὰρ ἀ π ’...

...o . apothanoúsēs dè tês anthrṓpou deinḗ tis philostorgía gégone toŷ thēríou pròs tò paidíon · oúte gàr a p '...

...had entrusted. When the woman died, a terrible philostorgia arose in the beast toward the child; for neither from it...

noun attestation; history.

Phylarchus of Athens, Historical Fragments and Anecdotes, Eulogikon: jds-ab, ref. 2a,81,F 36 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...Φύλαρχος διὰ τῆς εἰκοστῆς ὅσην ἐλέφας τὸ ζῶιον φιλοστοργίαν ἔσχεν εἰς παιδίον. γράφει δὲ οὕτως· « τούτωι δὲ τῶι...

...Phýlarchos dià tês eikostês hósēn eléphas tò zôion philostorgían éschen eis paidíon. gráphei dè ohýtōs· toútōi dè tôi...

...Phylarchus records in the twentieth book what great philostorgian an elephant, that creature, showed toward a child. He writes as follows: 'To this elephant...

noun attestation; history.

Dionysius Scytobrachion of Mytilene, Argonautic Genealogical Fragments, Eulogikon: kau-ab, ref. 1a,32,F 14 (50) (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ὑπέρθοιντο τὴν φυσικὴν τῶν γονέων εἰς τέκνα φιλοστοργίαν . (2) ἐνταῦθα συμπλέοντας τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα τοὺς...

...hypérthointo tḕn physikḕn tôn gonéōn eis tékna philostorgían . () entaŷtha sympléontas toîs perì tòn Ērakléa toỳs...

...of wrongdoings they would set aside the natural philostorgia of parents toward children. (2) Here those sailing with the companions of Heracles...

noun attestation; grammar.

Antigonus of Carystus, Collection of Marvelous Histories, Eulogikon: knc-aa, ref. 26 1 (form: φιλοστοργίαις)

...ἐν παρασκευαῖς τῶν πρὸς τὸν βίον ἀναγκαίων, ἐν φιλοστοργίαις , ἐν μνήμαις, ἀκριβέστατ’ ἄν τις ἐκ τῆς τοῦ...

...en paraskeuaîs tôn pròs tòn bíon anankaíōn, en philostorgíais , en mnḗmais, akribéstat' án tis ek tês toŷ...

...of waves, in the preparations of things necessary for life, in philostorgiais, in memories, most precisely would one from the work of Aristotle...

noun attestation; biography.

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of the Histories of Animals, Eulogikon: klo-ac, ref. Epit 2 579 (form: φιλόστοργον)

λέγεται δὲ τῇ φύσει φιλόστοργον εἶναι τὸ ζῷον τοῦτο τῶν ἄλλων πρὸς τὰ ἔκγονα· διὸ...

légetai dè têi phýsei philóstorgon eînai tò zôion toŷto tôn állōn pròs tà ékgona· diò...

This animal is said to be by physis philostorgon toward its offspring more than the others; and so also...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Bolus of Mendes, On Sympathies and Antipathies, Eulogikon: kzk-ab, ref. 6 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...γεννηθέντων τὸ ἐπιμετώπιον ἀπεθέρισαν δέρμα, ἵνα τὸ φιλόστοργον τῆς φύσεως ξυναπόληται πρὶν ἄλλος ἀφέληται φθάσας....

...gennēthéntōn tò epimetṓpion apethérisan dérma, hína tò philóstorgon tês phýseōs xynapólētai prìn állos aphélētai phthásas....

...of the newborn they stripped off the skin of the forehead, so that the philostorgon of physis might perish together with it before another got there first and took it away. Mye...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Polybius of Megalopolis, Histories, Eulogikon: ldg-ab, ref. Hist.16.17.9 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

πατρίδα φιλοστοργίαν . τί τις οὖν εἰκότως ἂν Ζήνωνι μέμψαιτο; διότι τὸ...

patrída philostorgían . tí tis oŷn eikótōs àn Zḗnōni mémpsaito; dióti tò...

...philostorgian for one's homeland. What then could one reasonably blame Zeno for? Because the greater part...

noun attestation; history.

Polybius of Megalopolis, Histories, Eulogikon: ldg-ab, ref. Hist.31.25.2 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

ἦλθον αἵρεσιν καὶ φιλοστοργίαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους. πρώτη δέ τις ἐνέπεσεν ὁρμὴ καὶ ζῆλος...

êlthon ahíresin kaì philostorgían pròs allḗlous. prṓtē dé tis enépesen hormḕ kaì zêlos...

they came to choice and philostorgia toward one another. And a certain first impulse and zeal fell upon the...

noun attestation; history.

Polybius of Megalopolis, Histories, Eulogikon: ldg-ab, ref. Hist.9.13.2 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐλπίδος μήτε διὰ φόβον μήτε διὰ συνήθειαν μήτε διὰ φιλοστοργίαν μεταδιδόναι μηδενὶ τῶν ἐκτός,

...elpídos mḗte dià phóbon mḗte dià synḗtheian mḗte dià philostorgían metadidónai mēdenì tôn ektós,

...neither out of any hope nor out of fear nor out of habit nor out of philostorgian to share with any of those outside,

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 1.64.14 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἧς φασι τῶν νομαρχῶν τινας ἐραστὰς γενομένους διὰ φιλοστοργίαν ἐπιτελέσαι κοινῇ τὸ κατασκεύασμα. Μετὰ δὲ τοὺς...

...hês phasi tôn nomarchôn tinas erastàs genoménous dià philostorgían epitelésai koinêi tò kataskeúasma. Metà dè toỳs...

...of which they say some of the nomarchs, having become admirers, completed the construction together on account of philostorgia. After those mentioned before...

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 1.71.4 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ταῖς εἰς τοὺς ἡγουμένους εὐνοίαις πᾶσαν συγγενικὴν φιλοστοργίαν ὑπερεβάλλετο· οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὸ σύστημα τῶν ἱερέων,...

...taîs eis toỳs hēgouménous eunoíais pâsan syngenikḕn philostorgían hyperebálleto· ou gàr mónon tò sýstēma tôn hieréōn,...

...surpassed all kinship-based philostorgia through goodwill toward those in authority; for not only the body of priests, but also...

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 19.32.3 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...δὲ ὀλίγοις ἔτεσι πρότερον συνοικήσασαν, ἀμφοτέρας δὲ φιλοστόργως πρὸς αὐτὸν διακειμένας.

...dè olígois étesi próteron synoikḗsasan, amphotéras dè philostórgōs pròs autòn diakeiménas.

...having lived with him a few years before, and both being disposed toward him philostorgōs.

adverb attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 19.33.2 (form: φιλοστοργεῖν)

...πολλὰς τῶν γυναικῶν διαφθείρεσθαι καὶ δι’ ἀκρασίαν φιλοστοργεῖν ἑτέρους, τέλος δὲ μὴ δυναμένας εὐσχημόνως ἀπολιπεῖν...

...pollàs tôn gynaikôn diaphtheíresthai kaì di' akrasían philostorgeîn hetérous, télos dè mḕ dynaménas euschēmónōs apolipeîn...

...that many of the women are corrupted and, through lack of self-control, philostorgein others, and in the end, being unable to leave decently, to...

verb attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 3.58.2 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...αὐτῆς ἐναγκαλιζομένων, διὰ τὴν εἰς ταῦτα σπουδὴν καὶ φιλοστοργίαν ὑπὸ πάντων αὐτὴν ὀρείαν μητέρα προσαγορευθῆναι.

...autês enankalizoménōn, dià tḕn eis taŷta spoudḕn kaì philostorgían hypò pántōn autḕn oreían mētéra prosagoreuthênai.

...of those who embraced her, on account of the zeal and philostorgia toward these things, she was called by all the mountain mother.

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 3.58.4 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἄταφα, φασὶ τὴν Κυβέλην διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸ μειράκιον φιλοστοργίαν καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ ταῖς τροφοῖς λύπην ἐμμανῆ γενομένην εἰς...

...átapha, phasì tḕn Kybélēn dià tḕn pròs tò meirákion philostorgían kaì tḕn epì taîs trophoîs lýpēn emmanê genoménēn eis...

...left unburied, they say that Kybele, on account of the philostorgia toward the youth and the grief over the nurses, became frenzied and into the...

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 21-40, Eulogikon: nde-ac, ref. 31 19 3 (form: φιλοστοργῆσαι)

...ἀρχὴν διεδέξατο ὁ πρεσβύτερος τῶν υἱῶν Ἀριαράθης, ὃς φιλοστοργῆσαι διαφερόντως λέγεται τὸν ἀδελφόν, καὶ προάγειν αὐτὸν...

...archḕn diedéxato ho presbýteros tôn yhiôn Ariaráthēs, hòs philostorgêsai diapheróntōs légetai tòn adelphón, kaì proágein autòn...

...the elder of the sons, Ariarathes, succeeded to the rule, who is said to have philostorgēsai his brother exceptionally, and to have advanced him...

verb attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 21-40, Eulogikon: nde-ac, ref. 34/35 4 2 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ὅμως οὐκ ἐπιλανθάνονται τῆς πρὸς τὴν θρέψασαν γῆν φιλοστοργίας . ( Const. Exc. 4, p. 386.) Ὅτι Τιβέριος ὁ Γράκχος...

...hómōs ouk epilanthánontai tês pròs tḕn thrépsasan gên philostorgías . ( ?????. ???. , ?. .) Oti Tibérios ho Grákchos...

...nonetheless they do not forget their philostorgia toward the land that nurtured them. (Const. Exc. 4, p. 386.) That Tiberius the Gracchus was...

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 21-40, Eulogikon: nde-ac, ref. 36 2a 1 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐνέπεσε καὶ διάθεσιν μανίᾳ παρεμφερῆ. διὰ γὰρ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν ἐπιβαλόμενος ἐξαγοράσαι τὴν παιδίσκην τὸ μὲν πρῶτον...

...enépese kaì diáthesin maníāi parempherê. dià gàr tḕn philostorgían epibalómenos exagorásai tḕn paidískēn tò mèn prôton...

...an extraordinary passion fell upon him, a condition resembling madness. For on account of philostorgia, having set out to purchase the slave-girl, at first he...

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 4.38.1 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

ἡ δὲ Δηιάνειρα πυθομένη τοῦ Λίχα τὴν πρὸς Ἰόλην φιλοστοργίαν καὶ βουλομένη πλέον ἑαυτὴν ἀγαπᾶσθαι, τὸν χιτῶνα...

hē dè Dēiáneira pythoménē toŷ Lícha tḕn pròs Iólēn philostorgían kaì bouloménē pléon heautḕn agapâsthai, tòn chitôna...

Deianeira, having learned from Lichas of the philostorgia toward Iole and wishing to be loved more herself, anointed the tunic...

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 4.44.1 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ὑπέρθοιντο τὴν φυσικὴν τῶν γονέων εἰς τέκνα φιλοστοργίαν .

...hypérthointo tḕn physikḕn tôn gonéōn eis tékna philostorgían .

...of wrongdoings would set aside the physike philostorgia of parents toward children.

noun attestation; history.

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library, Books 18-20, Eulogikon: nde-ab, ref. 4.61.5 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...διαφερόντως. μετὰ γοῦν τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτῆς διὰ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν ἀθανάτων καταξιῶσαι τιμῶν, καταστερίσαντα τὸν ἐν...

...diapheróntōs. metà goŷn tḕn teleutḕn autês dià tḕn philostorgían athanátōn kataxiôsai timôn, katasterísanta tòn en...

...exceptionally. After her death, then, on account of the philostorgia, he deemed her worthy of immortal honors, placing among the stars the one in the heav...

noun attestation; history.

Scholia on Theocritus, Scholia-Theocritus, Eulogikon: ngg-aa, ref. 2 48/49c (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...προσίενται. διὰ τὸ φυσικῶς οὖν συμβάλλεσθαί τι πρὸς φιλοστοργίαν οἱ ἱπποφορβοὶ ἀφαιροῦσιν αὐτό, καὶ αἱ φαρμακίδες...

...prosíentai. dià tò physikôs oŷn symbállesthaí ti pròs philostorgían ohi hippophorboì aphairoŷsin autó, kaì ahi pharmakídes...

...do not accept them. Because it contributes something by physis to philostorgian, the horse-keepers remove it, and the sorceresses use it...

noun attestation; grammar.

Scholia on Theocritus, Scholia-Theocritus, Eulogikon: ngg-aa, ref. 2 48/49c (form: φιλοστοργοῦσι)

...ἀπολείχουσιν εὐθὺς αἱ ἵπποι. καὶ εἰ τοῦτο ποιήσωσι, φιλοστοργοῦσι τὰ ἔκγονα· εἰ δὲ μή, ἀπεχθαίρουσι καὶ οὐ προσίενται....

...apoleíchousin euthỳs ahi híppoi. kaì ei toŷto poiḗsōsi, philostorgoŷsi tà ékgona· ei dè mḗ, apechthaírousi kaì ou prosíentai....

...and the mares immediately lick them clean. And if they do this, they philostorgousi their offspring; but if not, they reject them and do not accept them...

verb attestation; grammar.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, Eulogikon: ndy-al, ref. 8.54.1 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...τὴν μὲν γὰρ πατρίδα σέσωκας, ἐμὲ δὲ τὸν εὐσεβῆ καὶ φιλόστοργον υἱὸν ἀπολώλεκας. ταῦτ’ εἰπὼν ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν ἀπῄει...

...tḕn mèn gàr patrída sésōkas, emè dè tòn eusebê kaì philóstorgon yhiòn apolṓlekas. taŷt' eipṑn epì tḕn skēnḕn apēei...

...for you have saved the fatherland, but you have destroyed me, your pious and philostorgon son. Having said these things, he went away to the tent, ordering...

adjective attestation; history.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Rhetorical Art, Eulogikon: ndy-am, ref. Rh 11 6 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...Ἐντεῦθεν τὸ οἰκεῖον ἦθος τῆς προαιρέσεως ἐξετάζεται· φιλόστοργος , ἀλλὰ τραχύς, ἀλλὰ σκληρός, ἀλλὰ φιλάργυρος, ἀλλὰ...

...Enteŷthen tò oikeîon êthos tês proairéseōs exetázetai· philóstorgos , allà trachýs, allà sklērós, allà philárgyros, allà...

.... From this the proper character of the disposition is examined: philostorgos, but harsh, but hard, but money-loving, but...

adjective attestation; history.

Philo of Alexandria, On Rewards, Punishments, and Curses, Eulogikon: lgi-ah, ref. 158 (form: φιλόστοργος)

εἶθ’ οἷα μήτηρ φιλόστοργος οἰκτιεῖται μὲν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας οὓς ἀπέβαλεν, οἳ...

eîth' ohîa mḗtēr philóstorgos oiktieîtai mèn yhioỳs kaì thygatéras ohỳs apébalen, ohì...

Then, like a philostorgos mother, she will lament the sons and daughters whom she has lost, who...

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Abraham, Eulogikon: lgi-ac, ref. Abr 168 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...γνώμῃ καθάπερ ἠθῶν δικαστὴν ἰσχυρᾷ τινι κεχρῆσθαι φιλοστοργίᾳ . διακειμένῳ δ’ οὕτως ἐξαπιναίως θεσπίζεται λόγιον...

...gnṓmēi katháper ēthôn dikastḕn ischyrâi tini kechrêsthai philostorgíāi . diakeiménōi d' ohýtōs exapinaíōs thespízetai lógion...

...and in judgment, as though a judge of characters, to have employed a certain strong philostorgiai. While he was in such a state of mind, an oracle was suddenly pronounced that had not yet...

noun attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Abraham, Eulogikon: lgi-ac, ref. Abr 197 (form: φιλοστοργότατος)

...κατήρχετο τῆς ἱερουργίας, ἐφ’ υἱῷ τὰ πάντα ἀρίστῳ φιλοστοργότατος πατήρ· ἐμέλισε δ’ ἂν ἴσως καὶ νόμῳ τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων...

...katḗrcheto tês hierourgías, eph' yhiôi tà pánta arístōi philostorgótatos patḗr· emélise d' àn ísōs kaì nómōi tôn holokautōmátōn...

...he himself proceeded with the sacred rite, a philostorgotatos father in all things for a most excellent son; and he would perhaps have completed it also according to the law of whole burnt offerings (...

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, Embassy to Gaius, Eulogikon: lgi-bd, ref. Legat 36 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τὸν Γάιον καὶ σφόδρα ἡττημένον τοῦ ἀνεψιοῦ, ὡς ἕνεκα φιλοστοργίας καὶ μόνῳ ἂν ἐθελῆσαι τῆς ἀρχῆς ὑπεκστῆναι· τὴν δὲ...

...tòn Gáion kaì sphódra hēttēménon toŷ anepsioŷ, hōs héneka philostorgías kaì mónōi àn ethelêsai tês archês hypekstênai· tḕn dè...

...e Gaios, having been very much overcome by his nephew, so that out of philostorgias he would have been willing to step aside from power for him alone; but the sense of shame...

noun attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, Questions on Genesis, Eulogikon: lgi-au, ref. QGen 4 202a (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...‘ἐγὼ τὰς κατάρας ἐπ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἕλξω‘. Κἂν γὰρ ἡσυχάζῃ φιλοστοργίᾳ τῇ πρὸς ἐμέ, ‖ τὸ συνειδὸς ἐπιμέμψεται ὡς ἄξια...

...egṑ tàs katáras ep' emautòn hélxō. Kàn gàr hēsycházēi philostorgíāi têi pròs emé, tò syneidòs epimémpsetai hōs áxia...

...but 'I will draw the curses upon myself.' For even if he remains quiet out of philostorgiai toward me, the conscience will find fault, as being worthy of curses...

noun attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Special Laws, Eulogikon: lgi-bg, ref. Spec 2 239 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...ἐπειδὴ γὰρ γονεῖς παῖδας ὑπερβαλλούσῃ χρώμενοι φιλοστοργίᾳ περιέπουσι καὶ πάντοθεν ἐκπορίζοντες αὐτοῖς τἀγαθὰ...

...epeidḕ gàr goneîs paîdas hyperballoúsēi chrṓmenoi philostorgíāi periépousi kaì pántothen ekporízontes autoîs tagathà...

...to be eager; for since parents tend their children by employing a surpassing philostorgiai, and by procuring good things for them from every quarter...

noun attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Special Laws, Eulogikon: lgi-bg, ref. Spec 2 239 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...δυνάμεσιν ὁλκοῖς εὐνοίας συνδεδεμένοι, τὸ λίαν φιλόστοργον αὐτῶν οὐ δέχονταί τινες ἐπ’ ὠφελείᾳ, τρυφὴν καὶ...

...dynámesin holkoîs eunoías syndedeménoi, tò lían philóstorgon autôn ou déchontaí tines ep' ōpheleíāi, tryphḕn kaì...

...bound together by the drawing forces of goodwill, yet some do not accept their very strong philostorgon for their benefit, turning it into luxury and softness...

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Special Laws, Eulogikon: lgi-bg, ref. Spec 3 152 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...διὰ τοὺς ἢ βίαν τοῦ δικαίου προτιμῶντας ἢ πάνυ φιλοστόργους .

...dià toỳs ḕ bían toŷ dikaíou protimôntas ḕ pány philostórgous .

...to be considered, on account of those who either prefer force to justice or are entirely philostorgous.

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Special Laws, Eulogikon: lgi-bg, ref. Spec 3 156 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἐπ’ ὠφελείᾳ καὶ τὸ λίαν πρὸς τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω γένους φιλόστοργον , ὑπὲρ ὧν τῆς σωτηρίας ἀποθνῄσκειν ἄσμενοι...

...ep' ōpheleíāi kaì tò lían pròs toỳs engytátō génous philóstorgon , hypèr hôn tês sōtērías apothnēskein ásmenoi...

...to be used for benefit, and the very strong philostorgon toward those nearest in kin, for whose safety they are minded to die gladly...

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Virtues, Eulogikon: lgi-bj, ref. Virt 128 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἀποσπωμένων, διά τινα φυσικὴν μητέρων πρὸς ἔγγονα φιλοστοργίαν , καὶ μάλιστα ὑπὸ τὸν τῆς κυήσεως καιρόν, ἐπειδὴ...

...apospōménōn, diá tina physikḕn mētérōn pròs éngona philostorgían , kaì málista hypò tòn tês kyḗseōs kairón, epeidḕ...

...being torn away, on account of a certain philostorgia by physis of mothers toward their offspring, and especially at the time of gestation, since it wells up...

noun attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Virtues, Eulogikon: lgi-bj, ref. Virt 192 (form: φιλοστοργότατοι)

διό μοι δοκοῦσι φιλοστοργότατοι πατέρες ἀπορρήσεις χρηματίζειν καθ’ υἱῶν...

dió moi dokoŷsi philostorgótatoi patéres aporrḗseis chrēmatízein kath' yhiôn...

therefore it seems to me that philostorgotatoi fathers formally pronounce renunciations against sons whom they cut off...

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Philo of Alexandria, On Virtues, Eulogikon: lgi-bj, ref. Virt 91 (form: φιλοστοργότατος)

...δ’ αὐτὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐλαιαλογοῦσι διατάττεται, καθάπερ φιλοστοργότατος καὶ δικαιότατος πατὴρ οὐχὶ ταῖς αὐταῖς εὐπραγίαις...

...d' autà kaì toîs elaialogoŷsi diatáttetai, katháper philostorgótatos kaì dikaiótatos patḕr ouchì taîs autaîs eupragíais...

...the same things are also prescribed for those gathering olives, just as a philostorgotatos and most just father, not employing the same good fortunes...

adjective attestation; jewish; philosophy.

Roman-period attestations

Apion Alexandrinus, Homeric Glosses (Recension B), Eulogikon: nlq-ab, ref. 20 (n) (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τὸ πρῶτον· θέλει γὰρ εἰπεῖν ὅτι τοῖς δι’ ὑπερβολὴν φιλοστοργίας γονεῦσιν ἀπολέσασι τοὺς γεννηθέντας ἡδὺ καὶ αἱρετὸν...

...tò prôton· thélei gàr eipeîn hóti toîs di' hyperbolḕn philostorgías goneŷsin apolésasi toỳs gennēthéntas hēdỳ kaì ahiretòn...

...the first point; for he wishes to say that for parents who through excess of philostorgias have lost their children, it is pleasant and desirable to cl...

noun attestation; sophist; grammar.

Comarius the Alchemist, Komarios the Philosopher High Priest Instructing Cleopatra in the Sacred Art, Eulogikon: nwk-aa, ref. 2.293 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...γαστρός. Θεωρήσαντες δὲ οἱ φιλόσοφοι τὸ κάλλος, οἷα φιλόστοργος μήτηρ τὸ τεχθὲν ἐξ αὐτῆς βρέφος, τότε ζητοῦσι πῶς...

...gastrós. Theōrḗsantes dè ohi philósophoi tò kállos, ohîa philóstorgos mḗtēr tò techthèn ex autês bréphos, tóte zētoŷsi pôs...

...from the womb. When the philosophers behold the beauty, as a philostorgos mother beholds the infant born from her, they then seek how...

adjective attestation; science.

Nicolaus of Damascus, On the Life of Antipater, Eulogikon: ocy-aa, ref. 101 (100) (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...νέος εἴς τε δάκρυα καὶ οἶκτον ὑπὸ μνήμης τἀνδρὸς καὶ φιλοστοργίας ἐρρύη, καινότερόν τε τὸ πένθος ἐποίει. Παυσάμενος δέ...

...néos eís te dákrya kaì oîkton hypò mnḗmēs tandròs kaì philostorgías errýē, kainóterón te tò pénthos epoíei. Pausámenos dé...

...the young man was moved to tears and pity by the memory of the man and by philostorgia, and he made the grief feel fresh again. Having ceased, then, p...

noun attestation; history.

Nicolaus of Damascus, On the Life of Antipater, Eulogikon: ocy-aa, ref. 101 (50) (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...δὲ ἀθροισθέντες ἄχρι μέν τινος ἐδέοντο Καίσαρος ὑπὸ φιλοστοργίας μένειν παρὰ σφᾶς· παρέξειν γὰρ αὐτῷ τὴν πόλιν εἰς ὅ...

...dè athroisthéntes áchri mén tinos edéonto Kaísaros hypò philostorgías ménein parà sphâs· paréxein gàr autôi tḕn pólin eis hó...

...and having gathered together, for a time they begged Caesar out of philostorgia to remain with them; for they would provide him the city for whatever...

noun attestation; history.

Nicolaus of Damascus, On the Life of Antipater, Eulogikon: ocy-aa, ref. 101 (950) (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...Τῇ μητρὶ δ’ οὐκ ἐδόκει τὴν γνώμην δηλοῦν, μὴ ὑπὸ φιλοστοργίας ἅμα καὶ ἀσθενείας, οἷα γυνή τε καὶ μήτηρ, μεγάλαις...

...Têi mētrì d' ouk edókei tḕn gnṓmēn dēloŷn, mḕ hypò philostorgías háma kaì astheneías, ohîa gynḗ te kaì mḗtēr, megálais...

...It did not seem good to her to reveal her intention to her mother, lest, out of philostorgia combined with weakness, as befits a woman and a mother, she should be exposed to great...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.11.195 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἕξειν γυναῖκα· σβέννυσθαι γὰρ τὸ πρὸς τὴν προτέραν φιλόστοργον ἑτέρας ἐπεισαγωγῇ, καὶ τὸ πρὸς ἐκείνην εὔνουν...

...héxein gynaîka· sbénnysthai gàr tò pròs tḕn protéran philóstorgon hetéras epeisagōgêi, kaì tò pròs ekeínēn eúnoun...

...they would have a wife; for the philostorgon toward the former is extinguished by the introduction of another, and the goodwill toward her being torn away...

adjective attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.15.16 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τὴν βασιλείαν ἀντιμετεχώρει ταῖς ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς τε φιλοστόργως διακείμενος καὶ τῆς χάριτος ἀπομνησθήσεσθαι...

...tḕn basileían antimetechṓrei taîs elpísin ex archês te philostórgōs diakeímenos kaì tês cháritos apomnēsthḗsesthai...

...he exchanged the kingship in his hopes, having been disposed philostorgos from the beginning and expecting that the favor would be remembered,...

adverb attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.15.221 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...μεσημβρίας οὔσης ἐκάλει τὴν Μαριάμμην ὑπὸ φιλοστοργίας , ἧς ἀεὶ περὶ αὐτὴν εἶχεν.

...mesēmbrías oúsēs ekálei tḕn Mariámmēn hypò philostorgías , hês aeì perì autḕn eîchen.

...he called Mariamme to rest, it being midday, out of the philostorgia he always had toward her.

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.15.64 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...καὶ τὴν Μαριάμμην ἀνελεῖν· αὐτός τε γὰρ ἔχειν φιλοστόργως πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ δεδοικέναι τὴν ὕβριν, εἰ καὶ...

...kaì tḕn Mariámmēn aneleîn· autós te gàr échein philostórgōs pròs tḕn gynaîka kaì dedoikénai tḕn hýbrin, ei kaì...

...immediately also to do away with Mariamme; for he himself held philostorgos toward his wife and feared the outrage, even if she had died...

adverb attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.15.67 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ὁμιλίας ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἡρώδου πρὸς αὐτὴν εὐνοίας καὶ φιλοστοργίας .

...homilías hypèr tês Ērṓdou pròs autḕn eunoías kaì philostorgías .

...continuous conversations concerning Herod's goodwill and philostorgia toward her.

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.15.70 (form: φιλόστοργον)

ταῦτα μὲν Ἰώσηπος. αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες, ὡς εἰκός, οὐ τὸ φιλόστοργον τῆς περὶ τὸν Ἡρώδην διαθέσεως, τὸ δὲ χαλεπόν, εἰ...

taŷta mèn Iṓsēpos. ahi dè gynaîkes, hōs eikós, ou tò philóstorgon tês perì tòn Ērṓdēn diathéseōs, tò dè chalepón, ei...

These things indeed Josephus says. The women, as was to be expected, not the philostorgon of the disposition concerning Herod, but the harsh part, since not even...

adjective attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.15.83 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ἐκ τῆς ὀργῆς ἡττώμενος τῆς περὶ τὴν γυναῖκα φιλοστοργίας , ὡς ἀπολογεῖσθαι περὶ ὧν ἔδοξεν ἀκούσας...

...ek tês orgês hēttṓmenos tês perì tḕn gynaîka philostorgías , hōs apologeîsthai perì hôn édoxen akoúsas...

...he shifted from his anger, overcome by the philostorgia concerning his wife, so as to offer defense concerning what he seemed, upon hearing, to have believed...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.16.11 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...μείζονι χρώμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῇ τοῦ γεγεννηκέναι φιλοστοργίᾳ καὶ τιμῆς ἧς ἔδει μετεδίδου καὶ γυναῖκας ἐν ἡλικίᾳ...

...meízoni chrṓmenos ho basileỳs têi toŷ gegennēkénai philostorgíāi kaì timês hês édei metedídou kaì gynaîkas en hēlikíāi...

...the king, making use of a greater philostorgia of having begotten them, gave them a share of the honor that was due and wives of marriageable age...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.16.144 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...τε τῷ ἀδελφῷ μνημεῖα διὰ τὴν γεγενημένην εἰς αὐτὸν φιλοστοργίαν ἀνετίθει τὰ κάλλιστα, πύργον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς τῆς πόλεως...

...te tôi adelphôi mnēmeîa dià tḕn gegenēménēn eis autòn philostorgían anetíthei tà kállista, pýrgon ep' autês tês póleōs...

...he dedicated to his brother Phasael the finest monuments on account of the philostorgian that had come to be toward him, erecting a tower in the city itself...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.16.21 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...καὶ μεγίστην πίστιν εἰληφέναι δοκοῦντος εὐνοίας καὶ φιλοστοργίας τῆς εἰς αὐτὸν Ἀγρίππου, τοσοῦτον μὲν πλοῦν ἀνύσαντος...

...kaì megístēn pístin eilēphénai dokoŷntos eunoías kaì philostorgías tês eis autòn Agríppou, tosoŷton mèn ploŷn anýsantos...

...seeming to have received the greatest proof of the goodwill and philostorgia of Agrippa toward him, who had completed so great a voyage...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.4.135 (form: φιλοστόργως)

καὶ νῦν, ἐπεί φατε πρὸς ἡμᾶς φιλοστόργως ἔχειν καὶ λυπεῖσθε μελλουσῶν ἀναχωρεῖν, οὐδ’ αὐταὶ...

kaì nŷn, epeí phate pròs hēmâs philostórgōs échein kaì lypeîsthe mellousôn anachōreîn, oud' autaì...

And now, since you say that you feel philostorgos toward us and grieve that we are about to depart, we ourselves do not...

adverb attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.7.149 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...αὐτοῦ ἀνέτρεφε συνδιαιρούμενος αὐτῇ τὰ σιτία καὶ φιλοστοργίᾳ πρὸς αὐτὴν χρώμενος ᾗ τις ἂν χρήσαιτο καὶ πρὸς...

...autoŷ anétrephe syndiairoúmenos autêi tà sitía kaì philostorgíāi pròs autḕn chrṓmenos ē tis àn chrḗsaito kaì pròs...

...he reared the children of that man, sharing his food with her and treating her with philostorgia such as one might show even toward a daughter...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.7.252 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...ἐγένετο καὶ ἅμα σοι τελευτῆσαι“· φύσει γὰρ ὢν φιλόστοργος πρὸς ἐκεῖνον μᾶλλον συμπαθῶς εἶχεν.

...egéneto kaì háma soi teleutêsai· phýsei gàr ṑn philóstorgos pròs ekeînon mâllon sympathôs eîchen.

...it came to pass to attack and to die together with you; for being philostorgos toward him by physis, he felt more sympathy for him.

adjective attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.7.43 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τοῦ πλήθους ἐγέννησεν· οἵ τε γὰρ πρὸς τὸν Ἀβεννῆρον φιλοστόργως διακείμενοι σφόδρ’ αὐτοῦ τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν τιμὴν...

...toŷ plḗthous egénnēsen· ohí te gàr pròs tòn Abennêron philostórgōs diakeímenoi sphódr' autoŷ tḕn pròs autòn timḕn...

...it produced from the multitude: for those who were disposed philostorgos toward Abenneros strongly resented the honor accorded to him after his death...

adverb attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish Antiquities, Eulogikon: ofq-ad, ref. AJ.8.193 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ὥστε μιμεῖσθαι τὰ παρ’ ἐκείναις, καὶ τῆς εὐνοίας καὶ φιλοστοργίας ἠναγκάζετο παρέχειν αὐταῖς δεῖγμα τὸ βιοῦν ὡς αὐταῖς...

...hṓste mimeîsthai tà par' ekeínais, kaì tês eunoías kaì philostorgías ēnankázeto paréchein autaîs deîgma tò bioŷn hōs autaîs...

..., so as to imitate what was among them, he was compelled to furnish them a demonstration of his goodwill and philostorgia by living as for them p...

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish War-the Romans, Eulogikon: ofq-aa, ref. BJ 1 523 (form: φιλόστοργον)

πανταχοῦ δ’ ἀμείλικτον εὑρίσκειν τὸν πατέρα καὶ μόνῳ φιλόστοργον Ἀντιπάτρῳ, δι’ ὃν ἡδέως καὶ τεθνήξεσθαι μὴ κρατήσας...

pantachoŷ d' ameílikton ehyrískein tòn patéra kaì mónōi philóstorgon Antipátrōi, di' hòn hēdéōs kaì tethnḗxesthai mḕ kratḗsas...

everywhere finding the father implacable and philostorgon toward Antipater alone, for whose sake he would gladly die too if he could not prevail over...

adjective attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish War-the Romans, Eulogikon: ofq-aa, ref. BJ 1 622 (form: φιλοστοργότατος)

...διὰ τοῦτο ἐλεεῖσθαι πλέον, ὅτι πρὸς οὕτω μιαροὺς καὶ φιλοστοργότατος πατὴρ ἐγενόμην.

...dià toŷto eleeîsthai pléon, hóti pròs ohýtō miaroỳs kaì philostorgótatos patḕr egenómēn.

...to be pitied all the more for this, that toward such wicked men I became the most philostorgotatos father.

adjective attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish War-the Romans, Eulogikon: ofq-aa, ref. BJ 1 633 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ταῦτα ἀπολογία μοι μόνη, τούτοις τῆς εἰς σὲ φιλοστοργίας τεκμηρίοις χρῶμαι.

...taŷta apología moi mónē, toútois tês eis sè philostorgías tekmēríois chrômai.

...more trustworthy, these are my only defense, these proofs of philostorgias toward you I use.

noun attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish War-the Romans, Eulogikon: ofq-aa, ref. BJ 4 323 (form: φιλοστοργοῦντας)

...ἐκκαθαρθῆναι τὰ ἅγια τοὺς ἀντεχομένους αὐτῶν καὶ φιλοστοργοῦντας περιέκοπτεν.

...ekkatharthênai tà hágia toỳs antechoménous autôn kaì philostorgoŷntas periékopten.

...wishing the holy places to be purified, he cut down those who clung to them and were philostorgountas toward them.

verb attestation; history.

Josephus the Historian, Jewish War-the Romans, Eulogikon: ofq-aa, ref. BJ 7 390 (form: φιλοστόργου)

...οἵαν ἔσχον τῶν λόγων ἀκροώμενοι, τοῦ μὲν οἰκείου καὶ φιλοστόργου πάθους ἅπασι παραμένοντος, τοῦ λογισμοῦ δὲ ὡς τὰ...

...ohían éschon tôn lógōn akroṓmenoi, toŷ mèn oikeíou kaì philostórgou páthous hápasi paraménontos, toŷ logismoŷ dè hōs tà...

...such as they had while listening to the speeches, the philostorgou feeling of kinship remaining with all, while reason, as the stron...

adjective attestation; history.

Biographer Anonymous, Book of Suntipa, Eulogikon: nti-aa, ref. 1.8 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἕνα ἔχοντά σε παῖδα, πῶς σε χρὴ φιλοστόργως τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ περιέχεσθαι; σὺ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἅπαν, ὦ...

...pollôi mâllon héna échontá se paîda, pôs se chrḕ philostórgōs tês zōês autoŷ periéchesthai; sỳ dè tounantíon hápan, ô...

...without cause; how much more, having as you do a single child, ought you philostorgōs to hold fast to his life? Yet you do the complete opposite, O b...

adverb attestation; biography.

Chariton of Aphrodisias, On Chaerea and Callirhoe, Eulogikon: npw-aa, ref. 2.10.8 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ῥοπή· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἔχει πίστιν γυναικός, τὸ δὲ μητρὸς φιλοστοργίαν . καιρὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅμως μακρᾶς ἀναβολῆς, ἀλλὰ τῆς...

...rhopḗ· tò mèn gàr échei pístin gynaikós, tò dè mētròs philostorgían . kairòs dè ouk éstin hómōs makrâs anabolês, allà tês...

...the inclination: for the one part has the trust of a wife, the other a mother's philostorgian. Yet there is no time for a long delay, but rather the...

noun attestation; fiction.

Chariton of Aphrodisias, On Chaerea and Callirhoe, Eulogikon: npw-aa, ref. 8.7.5 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...καὶ γονεῦσιν, ὧν ἰσόρροπος ἡ πρὸς ἀμφοτέρους ὑμᾶς φιλοστοργία . τὰ μὲν οὖν πρῶτα τῶν διηγημάτων ἤδη καὶ ὁ δῆμος...

...kaì goneŷsin, hôn isórropos hē pròs amphotérous hymâs philostorgía . tà mèn oŷn prôta tôn diēgēmátōn ḗdē kaì ho dêmos...

...and to your parents, whose philostorgia toward you both is evenly balanced. The first parts of the narratives are now known even to the people...

noun attestation; fiction.

Dio Chrysostom of Prusa, Fragments on Household Management, Eulogikon: okq-ab, ref. 9 (n) (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τὸ μὲν τίκτειν ἀνάγκης ἔργον ἐστί, τὸ ἐκτρέφειν δὲ φιλοστοργίας .

...tò mèn tíktein anánkēs érgon estí, tò ektréphein dè philostorgías .

...but giving birth is the work of necessity, while nurturing is the work of philostorgia.

noun attestation; oratory.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Consolation to Apollonius, Eulogikon: okg-ci, ref. 106 B (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἀποθανούσης γὰρ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτῷ Λύδης, πρὸς ἣν φιλοστόργως εἶχε, παραμύθιον τῆς λύπης αὑτῷ ἐποίησε τὴν ἐλεγείαν...

...apothanoúsēs gàr tês gynaikòs autôi Lýdēs, pròs hḕn philostórgōs eîche, paramýthion tês lýpēs ahytôi epoíēse tḕn elegeían...

...For when his wife Lyde died, toward whom he was disposed philostorgos, he made the elegy a consolation for his grief...

adverb attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Marriage Precepts, Eulogikon: okg-db, ref. 140 C (form: ἀφιλόστοργον)

...μὲν γὰρ ἑταιρικὸν καὶ ἰταμόν, τὸ δ’ ὑπερήφανον καὶ ἀφιλόστοργον .

...mèn gàr hetairikòn kaì itamón, tò d' hyperḗphanon kaì aphilóstorgon .

...for the one was companionable and bold, the other proud and aphilostorgon.

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Marriage Precepts, Eulogikon: okg-db, ref. 144 F (form: φιλόστοργον)

...σῶφρον αὐτῆς καὶ ἴδιον τῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ τεταγμένον καὶ φιλόστοργον . Ὁ Πλάτων τοῖς πρεσβύταις μᾶλλον παρῄνει...

...sôphron autês kaì ídion tôi andrì kaì tetagménon kaì philóstorgon . O Plátōn toîs presbýtais mâllon parēnei...

...her chasteness and distinctiveness toward her husband, her orderliness and philostorgon character. Plato rather advised the elders to feel shame...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Symposium of the Seven Sages, Eulogikon: okg-cb, ref. 148 E (form: φιλοστόργως)

...καὶ ἀφέλειαν αὐτῆς· Ἀνάχαρσιν δὲ πόθεν οὕτω τημελεῖ φιλοστόργως ;” “Ὅτι,” ἔφη, “σώφρων ἀνήρ ἐστι καὶ πολυμαθής, καὶ...

...kaì aphéleian autês· Anácharsin dè póthen ohýtō tēmeleî philostórgōs ; Oti, éphē, sṓphrōn anḗr esti kaì polymathḗs, kaì...

...and her simplicity. But from where does he care for Anacharsis so philostorgōs? Because, he said, the man is prudent and widely learned, and...

adverb attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Virtues of Women, Eulogikon: okg-cq, ref. 258 D (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τοὺς γενομένους παῖδας ὥσπερ γνησίους αὐτῆς ἔθρεψε φιλοστόργως καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς. ΧΙΟΜΑΡΑ Χιομάραν δὲ συνέβη τὴν...

...toỳs genoménous paîdas hṓsper gnēsíous autês éthrepse philostórgōs kaì megaloprepôs. ChIOMARA Chiomáran dè synébē tḕn...

...and she raised the children who were born as though they were her own legitimate children, philostorgōs and magnificently. CHIOMARA It happened that Chiomara, the wife of Ortia...

adverb attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Moral Virtue, Eulogikon: okg-dk, ref. 451 E (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

φιλίας δὲ φιλοστοργίαν ἢ φιλανθρωπίας ἔλεον ἢ τὸ συγχαίρειν καὶ συναλγεῖν...

philías dè philostorgían ḕ philanthrōpías éleon ḕ tò synchaírein kaì synalgeîn...

philostorgian of friendship, or the compassion of philanthropy, or the rejoicing together and suffering together...

noun attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Brotherly Love, Eulogikon: okg-dc, ref. 480 A (form: φιλοστόργων)

...καὶ κύων τις οἰκογενὴς παρορώμενος καὶ ἵππος ἅπτεται φιλοστόργων καὶ φιλοτίμων γερόντων, ἄχθονται δὲ τοῖς παισὶν...

...kaì kýōn tis oikogenḕs parorṓmenos kaì híppos háptetai philostórgōn kaì philotímōn geróntōn, áchthontai dè toîs paisìn...

...and a certain house-born dog that is overlooked, and a horse, make contact with philostorgon and honour-loving old men, while they are displeased by the recitations of children...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Brotherly Love, Eulogikon: okg-dc, ref. 483 C (form: φιλόστοργον)

...μὲν ἐν τῷ συνδακρύειν καὶ συνάχθεσθαι κοινούμενον τὸ φιλόστοργον , ὑπονοίας δὲ θεραπόντων καὶ διαβολὰς ἑταίρων...

...mèn en tôi syndakrýein kaì synáchthesthai koinoúmenon tò philóstorgon , hyponoías dè therapóntōn kaì diabolàs hetaírōn...

...sharing the philostorgon in weeping together and grieving together, but the suspicions of servants and the slanders of companions in another way...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Brotherly Love, Eulogikon: okg-dc, ref. 489 C (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...καὶ λαμβάνειν αὐτοὺς ἁμαρτόντας εὔνοιαν ἐμφαίνει καὶ φιλοστοργίαν . ὅθεν ὀργιζομένων τε δεῖ μὴ ἀμελεῖν καὶ...

...kaì lambánein autoỳs hamartóntas eúnoian emphaínei kaì philostorgían . hóthen orgizoménōn te deî mḕ ameleîn kaì...

...and to receive them when they have erred reveals goodwill and philostorgian. Wherefore one must not be neglectful when they are angry, and when they are making entreaties...

noun attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. 494 A (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...τὰ δρώμενα, πλὴν ὅτι γίνεται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ φιλοστόργῳ ταῖς προνοίαις ταῖς καρτερίαις ταῖς ἐγκρατείαις....

...tà drṓmena, plḕn hóti gínetai hékaston autôn en tôi philostórgōi taîs pronoíais taîs karteríais taîs enkrateíais....

...to say what is being done, except that each of them comes about in the philostorgos, in the acts of foresight, in the acts of endurance, in the acts of self-restraint. But...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. 495 B (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἐνέφυσεν, οὕτω τοῖς μὲν ἀλόγοις τὸ πρὸς τὰ ἔγγονα φιλόστοργον ἀτελὲς καὶ οὐ διαρκὲς πρὸς δικαιοσύνην οὐδὲ τῆς...

...enéphysen, ohýtō toîs mèn alógois tò pròs tà éngona philóstorgon atelès kaì ou diarkès pròs dikaiosýnēn oudè tês...

...he implanted in the fruit-bearers, so in the case of irrational creatures the philostorgon toward their offspring is incomplete and not sufficient for justice, nor even of the need...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. 496 A (form: φιλόστοργον)

...φιλοτιμίας καὶ προνοίας οὐδὲν ἦν ὄφελος, εἰ μὴ τὸ φιλόστοργον ἡ φύσις καὶ κηδεμονικὸν ἐνειργάσατο ταῖς τεκούσαις....

...philotimías kaì pronoías oudèn ên óphelos, ei mḕ tò philóstorgon hē phýsis kaì kēdemonikòn eneirgásato taîs tekoúsais....

...and of ambition and of foresight there would have been no benefit, if physis had not worked the philostorgon and the caring into mothers. O...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. 496 D (form: φιλόστοργον)

ἀλλὰ τὸ φύσει φιλόστοργον ἔκαμπτε καὶ ἦγεν· ἔτι θερμὴ καὶ διαλγὴς καὶ...

allà tò phýsei philóstorgon ékampte kaì êgen· éti thermḕ kaì dialgḕs kaì...

but the philostorgon by physis bent and led; still warm and aching and trembling...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. 497 D (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἤθεσι καὶ πάθεσιν ἐκφαίνει τὸ πρὸς τὰ ἔγγονα φιλόστοργον .

...ḗthesi kaì páthesin ekphaínei tò pròs tà éngona philóstorgon .

...in the characters and passions that are fitted together, reveals the philostorgon toward one's offspring.

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, How One Might Distinguish the Flatterer from the Friend, Eulogikon: okg-ae, ref. 56 C (form: φιλόστοργον)

...δὲ σωφροσύνην, τὸν δ’ ἐρωτικὸν φιλοσυνήθη καὶ φιλόστοργον , ἀνδρεῖον δὲ τὸν ὀργίλον καὶ ὑπερήφανον,...

...dè sōphrosýnēn, tòn d' erōtikòn philosynḗthē kaì philóstorgon , andreîon dè tòn orgílon kaì hyperḗphanon,...

...wordiness as self-restraint, the amorous man as fond of company and philostorgon, the hot-tempered and arrogant man as brave, the...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Consolation to His Wife, Eulogikon: okg-cl, ref. 608 C (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...δὲ καὶ δριμύτης ἰδία τις τῷ πρὸς τὰ τηλικαῦτα φιλοστόργῳ τὸ εὐφραῖνον αὐτῶν καθαρόν τε ὂν ἀτεχνῶς καὶ πάσης...

...dè kaì drimýtēs idía tis tôi pròs tà tēlikaŷta philostórgōi tò euphraînon autôn katharón te òn atechnôs kaì pásēs...

...there is also a certain distinctive keenness in one who is philostorgos toward those of such an age, the pleasure they give being genuinely pure and free from all...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Consolation to His Wife, Eulogikon: okg-cl, ref. 609 A (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ ἀκόλαστον τῆς ψυχῆς. τῷ μὲν γὰρ φιλοστόργῳ χαριζόμεθα τὸ ποθεῖν καὶ τὸ τιμᾶν καὶ τὸ μεμνῆσθαι...

...allà pròs tò akólaston tês psychês. tôi mèn gàr philostórgōi charizómetha tò potheîn kaì tò timân kaì tò memnêsthai...

...but toward the licentiousness of the psychē. For to the philostorgos we grant the longing and the honoring and the remembering of the...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Consolation to His Wife, Eulogikon: okg-cl, ref. 609 A (form: φιλόστοργον)

...πάθους ἐγκρατείας δεῖσθαι διαμαχομένης οὐ πρὸς τὸ φιλόστοργον , ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ νομίζουσιν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ ἀκόλαστον...

...páthous enkrateías deîsthai diamachoménēs ou pròs tò philóstorgon , hōs ohi polloì nomízousin, allà pròs tò akólaston...

...of the passion needs self-control in its struggle not against the philostorgon, as most people suppose, but against the licentiousness of the...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Consolation to His Wife, Eulogikon: okg-cl, ref. 609 D (form: φιλόστοργα)

...τῆς θηλῆς περίθλασιν λαβούσης· γενναῖα γὰρ ταῦτα καὶ φιλόστοργα .

...tês thēlês períthlasin laboúsēs· gennaîa gàr taŷta kaì philóstorga .

...of the nipple having been bruised: for these things are noble and philostorga.

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Books of Symposiastic Problems, Eulogikon: okg-bt, ref. 634 E (form: φιλοστοργία)

...τὸν φιλόσοφον, ‘εἰ φυσικὴ ἡ πρὸς τὰ ἔκγονα φιλοστοργία .‘ ἡ γὰρ ἀκαιρία καὶ τὸ μὴ πρὸς λόγον ὕβριν ἐμφαίνει...

...tòn philósophon, ei physikḕ hē pròs tà ékgona philostorgía . hē gàr akairía kaì tò mḕ pròs lógon hýbrin emphaínei...

...Athenodoros the philosopher, whether the philostorgia toward one's offspring is according to physis. For ill-timing and what is contrary to reason display insolence and...

noun attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Whether Land or Water Animals Are Wiser, Eulogikon: okg-as, ref. 963 A (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἀνδράσιν ἄτοπον εἶναι δοκεῖ· τὴν γοῦν πρὸς τὰ ἔγγονα φιλοστοργίαν ἀρχὴν μὲν ἡμῖν κοινωνίας καὶ δικαιοσύνης τιθέμενοι,...

...andrásin átopon eînai dokeî· tḕn goŷn pròs tà éngona philostorgían archḕn mèn hēmîn koinōnías kaì dikaiosýnēs tithémenoi,...

...seems to men to be strange: those who posit the philostorgia toward offspring as the beginning for us of fellowship and justice...

noun attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Whether Land or Water Animals Are Wiser, Eulogikon: okg-as, ref. 975 C (form: φιλοστόργου)

...τὸ ὑγρόν. ἄλλην δὲ πανουργίαν ὁμοῦ μετὰ τοῦ φιλοστόργου πέρδικες ἐπιδεικνύντες τοὺς μὲν νεοττοὺς ἐθίζουσι...

...tò hygrón. állēn dè panourgían homoŷ metà toŷ philostórgou pérdikes epideiknýntes toỳs mèn neottoỳs ethízousi...

...to touch the moisture. Partridges, displaying another kind of cunning together with the philostorgon, accustom their chicks not even...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Whether Land or Water Animals Are Wiser, Eulogikon: okg-as, ref. 975 C (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...μιᾶς ἔμφασιν ἀρετῆς ἔχουσαν· ἀλλ’ ἐμφαίνεται καὶ τῷ φιλοστόργῳ τὸ φιλότιμον αὐτῶν καὶ τῷ γενναίῳ τὸ θυμόσοφον, ἥ τε...

...miâs émphasin aretês échousan· all' emphaínetai kaì tôi philostórgōi tò philótimon autôn kaì tôi gennaíōi tò thymósophon, hḗ te...

...having the appearance of a single virtue: but in the philostorgos there is also displayed their love of honor, and in the noble their passionate wisdom, and the...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Whether Land or Water Animals Are Wiser, Eulogikon: okg-as, ref. 975 C (form: φιλόστοργον)

...τῆς οὐρᾶς ἐμαστίγου τὰς κνήμας, ἐλαφράν τινα καὶ φιλόστοργον καὶ πλέον ἔχουσαν τοῦ κολάζοντος τὸ φειδόμενον ὀργὴν...

...tês ourâs emastígou tàs knḗmas, elaphrán tina kaì philóstorgon kaì pléon échousan toŷ kolázontos tò pheidómenon orgḕn...

...drawing of the tail flogged his shins with a light and philostorgon anger, one that had more of sparing than of punishing...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Whether Land or Water Animals Are Wiser, Eulogikon: okg-as, ref. 985 C (form: φιλόστοργον)

...καὶ σκέπουσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ κλύδωνος. τοῦ δὲ γαλεοῦ τὸ φιλόστοργον οὐδενὶ τῶν ἡμερωτάτων ζῴων ὑπερβολὴν γλυκυθυμίας...

...kaì sképousin apò toŷ klýdōnos. toŷ dè galeoŷ tò philóstorgon oudenì tôn hēmerōtátōn zōōn hyperbolḕn glykythymías...

...offspring and shelter them from the surge. The philostorgon of the shark surpasses in sweetness of disposition none of the most gentle animals toward...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Agis and Cleomenes, Eulogikon: okg-cs, ref. Agis 17 4 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...δὲ πάντων καὶ δακρυόντων ἐπὶ τῇ χρηστότητι καὶ φιλοστοργίᾳ τῆς γυναικός, ἁψαμένη τῶν πέπλων καὶ τῆς κόμης...

...dè pántōn kaì dakryóntōn epì têi chrēstótēti kaì philostorgíāi tês gynaikós, hapsaménē tôn péplōn kaì tês kómēs...

...all of them wailing and weeping over the goodness and philostorgia of the woman, she took hold of her robes and her hair in a disheveled...

noun attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Agis and Cleomenes, Eulogikon: okg-cs, ref. Agis 22 2 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...περὶ δ’ αὐτὸν τὸν νεανίσκον ἦν ἀγαθὴ γυνὴ καὶ φιλόστοργος , ἐρωτικῶς ἅμα τῷ λαβεῖν πρὸς αὐτὴν διατεθέντα καί...

...perì d' autòn tòn neanískon ên agathḕ gynḕ kaì philóstorgos , erōtikôs háma tôi labeîn pròs autḕn diatethénta kaí...

...he hated, but toward the young man himself she was a good woman and philostorgos, he having been disposed toward her in an amorous manner from the moment he received her, and some...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Brutus, Eulogikon: okg-fg, ref. Brut 13 4 (form: φιλόστοργος)

φιλόστοργος δ’ ἡ Πορκία καὶ φίλανδρος οὖσα καὶ μεστὴ φρονήματος...

philóstorgos d' hē Porkía kaì phílandros oŷsa kaì mestḕ phronḗmatos...

philostorgos was Porcia, and fond of her husband, and full of pneuma...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Cato the Younger, Eulogikon: okg-df, ref. CatMi 11 4 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἀγνάμπτῳ καὶ στερρῷ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τὸ ἥμερον ἐνῆν καὶ φιλόστοργον .

...agnámptōi kaì sterrôi toŷ andròs tò hḗmeron enên kaì philóstorgon .

...alongside the inflexibility and sternness of the man there was gentleness and the philostorgon.

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Demosthenes, Eulogikon: okg-dv, ref. Dem.31.7 (form: φιλοστόργου)

...μαλακός, εἰ τὰ πένθη καὶ τοὺς ὀδυρμοὺς ἡμέρου καὶ φιλοστόργου ψυχῆς ἐποιεῖτο σημεῖα, τὸ δ’ ἀλύπως φέρειν ταῦτα καὶ...

...malakós, ei tà pénthē kaì toỳs odyrmoỳs hēmérou kaì philostórgou psychês epoieîto sēmeîa, tò d' alýpōs phérein taŷta kaì...

...and soft, if he took grief and lamentation as signs of a gentle and philostorgos psyche, whereas bearing these things without pain and...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Dion, Eulogikon: okg-fp, ref. Dio 51 4 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...Ἀριστομάχης λεγούσης, ὁ Δίων ἐκδακρύσας προσηγάγετο φιλοστόργως τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ παραδοὺς αὐτῇ τὸν υἱὸν ἐκέλευσεν...

...Aristomáchēs legoúsēs, ho Díōn ekdakrýsas prosēgágeto philostórgōs tḕn gynaîka, kaì paradoỳs autêi tòn yhiòn ekéleusen...

...as Aristomache was speaking, Dion, bursting into tears, drew his wife to himself philostorgos, and handing his son over to her, commanded her to...

adverb attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Fabius Maximus, Eulogikon: okg-dn, ref. Fab 21 1 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...Ταραντῖνος ἔχων ἀδελφὴν ἐν Τάραντι πιστῶς πάνυ καὶ φιλοστόργως διακειμένην πρὸς αὐτόν.

...Tarantînos échōn adelphḕn en Táranti pistôs pány kaì philostórgōs diakeiménēn pròs autón.

...Tarantinos having a sister in Taras who was disposed toward him with complete faithfulness and philostorgos.

adverb attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Pericles, Eulogikon: okg-et, ref. Per t 1 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...νουθετήσας τοὺς τὸ φύσει φιλητικὸν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ φιλόστοργον εἰς θηρία καταναλίσκοντας, ἀνθρώποις ὀφειλόμενον.

...nouthetḗsas toỳs tò phýsei philētikòn en hēmîn kaì philóstorgon eis thēría katanalískontas, anthrṓpois opheilómenon.

...having strongly rebuked those who squander what is by physis philētikon and philostorgon in us upon animals, though it is owed to human beings.

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Solon, Eulogikon: okg-fn, ref. Sol 7 3 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...καὶ καθάπερ οἶκον ἢ χώραν γνησίων ἔρημον διαδόχων τὸ φιλόστοργον ἀλλότριοι καὶ νόθοι καὶ θεράποντες εἰσοικισάμενοι...

...kaì katháper oîkon ḕ chṓran gnēsíōn érēmon diadóchōn tò philóstorgon allótrioi kaì nóthoi kaì therápontes eisoikisámenoi...

..., and just as a house or land left desolate of legitimate heirs, strangers and bastards and servants moved in and took possession of the philostorgon, and...

adjective attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Affection for Offspring, Eulogikon: okg-cg, ref. t 1 (form: ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΣ)

ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΑ ΕΓΓΟΝΑ ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΣ Ἔκκλητοι κρίσεις καὶ ξενικῶν δικαστηρίων ἀγωγαὶ τοῖς...

PERI TĒS EIS TA EGGONA PhILOSTORGIAS Ekklētoi kríseis kaì xenikôn dikastēríōn agōgaì toîs...

CONCERNING THE PHILOSTORGIA TOWARD ONE'S GRANDCHILDREN: Appeals to judgment and proceedings of foreign courts for the E...

noun attestation; platonist; philosophy.

Soranus of Ephesus, Four Books-Women, Eulogikon: omy-ac, ref. 2.19.11 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...αἱ συνουσίαι μὲν γὰρ μετὰ τοῦ τὴν πρὸς τὸ τρεφόμενον φιλοστοργίαν ἀποψύχειν περισπασμῷ τῆς ἐκ τῶν ἀφροδισίων ἡδονῆς...

...ahi synousíai mèn gàr metà toŷ tḕn pròs tò trephómenon philostorgían apopsýchein perispasmôi tês ek tôn aphrodisíōn hēdonês...

...for sexual unions, along with cooling the philostorgian toward the nursling by the distraction of the pleasure derived from the aphrodisia, still...

noun attestation; medicine.

Soranus of Ephesus, Four Books-Women, Eulogikon: omy-ac, ref. 2.19.12 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...καὶ σκοτοῦται τὰ γαλουχούμενα. συμπαθῆ δὲ καὶ φιλόστοργον , ἵνα καὶ τὰ τῆς ὑπηρεσίας ἀόκνως παρέχῃ καὶ...

...kaì skotoŷtai tà galouchoúmena. sympathê dè kaì philóstorgon , hína kaì tà tês hypēresías aóknōs paréchēi kaì...

...the nurslings become drowsy and dizzy. And sympathetic and philostorgon, so that she may also provide the services of her duty without reluctance and without grumbling...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Dorotheus of Sidon, Greek Fragments, Eulogikon: oho-ac, ref. 348 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...δίδωσι γάμους καὶ γυναῖκας ἀρχικάς, εὐνοϊκὰς καὶ φιλοστόργους , αἳ καὶ πάνυ ὑπὸ ἀνδρῶν φιληθήσονται. ὁ Κρόνος...

...dídōsi gámous kaì gynaîkas archikás, eunoikàs kaì philostórgous , ahì kaì pány hypò andrôn philēthḗsontai. ho Krónos...

...gives illustrious marriages and wives of commanding rank, eunoic and philostorgous, who will also be greatly loved by their husbands. Saturn in a square...

adjective attestation; science.

Dorotheus of Sidon, Greek Fragments, Eulogikon: oho-ac, ref. 350 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...καὶ πολυβίους ποιοῦσα, οἷς καὶ γυναῖκας διδοῖ φιλοστόργους καὶ σώφρονας· αὐτόν τε εὔχαριν καὶ κόσμιον καὶ...

...kaì polybíous poioŷsa, ohîs kaì gynaîkas didoî philostórgous kaì sṓphronas· autón te eúcharin kaì kósmion kaì...

...making them effective and long-lived, to whom it also gives wives who are philostorgous and chaste; and the man himself graceful and orderly and sweet-spoken...

adjective attestation; science.

Favorinus of Arelate, Fragments on Old Age and Pleasure, Eulogikon: peq-aa, ref. 96,10 (form: φιλοστοργότατος)

...ὁ Λέσβι ος Ἀλκαῖος λέγει, ἀνὴρ περί γε τὴν πατρίδα φιλοστοργότατος . 3. καί τοι αἰεὶ ἐς τοὺς ἀρχαίους τὸ αὑτοῦ γένος...

...ho Lésbi os Alkaîos légei, anḕr perí ge tḕn patrída philostorgótatos . . kaí toi aieì es toỳs archaíous tò ahytoŷ génos...

...This is what Alcaeus of Lesbos says, a man philostorgotatos toward his homeland. 3. And yet, always tracing his own lineage back to the ancients...

adjective attestation; pyrrhonian; philosophy.

Lucian of Samosata, On Those Living in Misthos, Eulogikon: pfk-al, ref. Merc Cond 34 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...σου τοῦτο,” ἔφη, “χρηστὸν ὁρῶσά σε καὶ ἐπιμελῆ καὶ φιλόστοργον , τὴν κύνα ἣν οἶσθα τὴν Μυρρίνην ἀναλαβὼν εἰς τὸ...

...sou toŷto, éphē, chrēstòn horôsá se kaì epimelê kaì philóstorgon , tḕn kýna hḕn oîstha tḕn Myrrínēn analabṑn eis tò...

...this of you," he said, "seeing that you are good and attentive and philostorgon, take the dog, the one you know, Myrrhine, up into the carriage...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Lucian of Samosata, On the Parasite, that Parasite is an Art, Eulogikon: pfk-ab, ref. Par 59 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ὑπὸ τοῦ παρασίτου σώζεται. οὕτω μὲν ὁ παράσιτος διὰ φιλοστοργίαν πάντα κίνδυνον ὑπομένει, καὶ οὐκ ἂν παραχωρήσειεν τῷ...

...hypò toŷ parasítou sṓzetai. ohýtō mèn ho parásitos dià philostorgían pánta kíndynon hypoménei, kaì ouk àn parachōrḗseien tôi...

...is saved by the parasite. Thus the parasite, on account of philostorgia, endures every danger, and would not yield to the p...

noun attestation; oratory.

Lucian of Samosata, Tyrannicide, Eulogikon: pfk-ca, ref. Tyr t (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...μὲν παῖδα τῷ ξίφει, τὸν πατέρα δὲ τῇ πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν φιλοστοργίᾳ .

...mèn paîda tôi xíphei, tòn patéra dè têi pròs tòn yhiòn philostorgíāi .

...the son with the sword, and the father with the philostorgia toward his son.

noun attestation; oratory.

Ptolemy of Alexandria, Tetrabiblos, Eulogikon: phs-ai, ref. 2.3.34 (form: φιλοστοργότατοι)

...τὰς ψυχὰς μεγάλοι καὶ γενναῖοι, μισοπόνηροι δὲ καὶ φιλοστοργότατοι καὶ ὑπεραποθνῄσκοντες ἑτοίμως τῶν οἰκείων ἕνεκεν τοῦ...

...tàs psychàs megáloi kaì gennaîoi, misopónēroi dè kaì philostorgótatoi kaì hyperapothnēskontes hetoímōs tôn oikeíōn héneken toŷ...

...and great and noble in their psychai, hating wickedness and philostorgotatoi and readily willing to die on behalf of their own people for the sake of...

adjective attestation; mathematics.

Ptolemy of Alexandria, Tetrabiblos, Eulogikon: phs-ai, ref. 2.3.38 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...συνέβη πᾶσαν εὔνοιαν πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐνδείκνυσθαι, φιλοστόργους τε οὔσας καὶ οἰκουροὺς καὶ ἐργατικὰς καὶ ὑπηρετικὰς...

...synébē pâsan eúnoian pròs toỳs ándras endeíknysthai, philostórgous te oúsas kaì oikouroỳs kaì ergatikàs kaì hypēretikàs...

...it came about that they showed every goodwill toward their husbands, being philostorgous and keepers of the household and industrious and serviceable and...

adjective attestation; mathematics.

Ptolemy of Alexandria, Tetrabiblos, Eulogikon: phs-ai, ref. 3.14.20 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...ἰδιοπράγμονας, ἐλεήμονας, φιλολόγους, εὐεργετικούς, φιλοστόργους , ἡγεμονικούς. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ἐναντίας διαθέσεως...

...idioprágmonas, eleḗmonas, philológous, euergetikoús, philostórgous , hēgemonikoús. epì dè tês enantías diathéseōs...

...minding their own affairs, merciful, fond of learning, beneficent, philostorgous, commanding. And when one happens to be in the opposite condition...

adjective attestation; mathematics.

Ptolemy of Alexandria, Tetrabiblos, Eulogikon: phs-ai, ref. 3.14.24 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...ἡγεμονικούς, εὐσεβεῖς, φιλοθέους, εὐχρηματίστους, φιλοστόργους , φιλοικείους, εὐπαιδεύτους, ἐμφιλοσόφους,...

...hēgemonikoús, eusebeîs, philothéous, euchrēmatístous, philostórgous , philoikeíous, eupaideútous, emphilosóphous,...

...commanding, pious, god-loving, skilled in financial matters, philostorgous, fond of their own people, well-educated, devoted to philosophy, distinguished...

adjective attestation; mathematics.

Ptolemy of Alexandria, Tetrabiblos, Eulogikon: phs-ai, ref. 3.14.33 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...φιλοθεωτάτους, εὐσχήμονας, εὐεκτικούς, εὐονείρους, φιλοστόργους , εὐεργετικούς, ἐλεήμονας, σικχούς, εὐσυναλλάκτους,...

...philotheōtátous, euschḗmonas, euektikoús, euoneírous, philostórgous , euergetikoús, eleḗmonas, sikchoús, eusynalláktous,...

...most devoted to god, well-mannered, vigorous in body, blessed with good dreams, philostorgous, beneficent, merciful, fastidious, easy to deal with, ep...

adjective attestation; mathematics.

Ptolemy of Alexandria, Tetrabiblos, Eulogikon: phs-ai, ref. 4.5.10 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...καὶ ἀναμνήσεις συντηρούσας τό τε προσηνὲς καὶ τὸ φιλόστοργον .

...kaì anamnḗseis syntēroúsas tó te prosēnès kaì tò philóstorgon .

...paths and recollections preserving both the gentleness and the philostorgon.

adjective attestation; mathematics.

Apollonius the Grammarian, Homeric Lexicon, Eulogikon: pjq-aa, ref. 43 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τὸ πρῶτον· θέλει γὰρ εἰπεῖν ὅτι τοῖς δι’ ὑπερβολὴν φιλοστοργίας γονεῦσιν ἀπολέσασι τοὺς γεννηθέντας ἡδὺ καὶ αἱρετὸν...

...tò prôton· thélei gàr eipeîn hóti toîs di' hyperbolḕn philostorgías goneŷsin apolésasi toỳs gennēthéntas hēdỳ kaì ahiretòn...

...for the first point: he wishes to say that for parents who, through excess of philostorgias, have lost the children they begat, it is pleasant and preferable to kl...

noun attestation; grammar.

Pindar Commentary, Scholia on Pindar (Olympians, Pythians, Isthmians), Eulogikon: ppu-af, ref. P 6 39a (form: φιλόστοργος)

...ἔδοξε τοῖς ἀρχαίοις πρῶτος γεγονέναι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα φιλόστοργος ἐν τοῖς ὁπλοτέροις. τὸ δὲ ἑξῆς· τῶν πάλαι ἔργον...

...édoxe toîs archaíois prôtos gegonénai pròs tòn patéra philóstorgos en toîs hoplotérois. tò dè hexês· tôn pálai érgon...

...he was judged by the ancients to have been the first philostorgos toward his father among the younger men. And what follows: having accomplished the work of those of old...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers, Eulogikon: pyq-ab, ref. 2 3 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...μὲν διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν Ἐρινύων μυχός, Ἑλικὼν δὲ διὰ φιλοστοργίαν Μουσῶν ἐνδιαίτημα. ΕΒΡΟΣ.

...mèn dià tḕn asébeian Erinýōn mychós, Elikṑn dè dià philostorgían Mousôn endiaítēma. EBROS.

...the recess of the Erinyes on account of impiety, and Helicon the dwelling-place of the Muses on account of philostorgian. EBROS.

noun attestation; philosophy.

Vettius Valens of Antioch, Nine Books of Anthologies, Eulogikon: pzu-aa, ref. 104 (form: φιλοστόργους)

...φωσὶ μαρτυροῦσα ἱλαροὺς φιλομούσους φιλευφροσύνους φιλοστόργους θρησκώδεις τοὺς γονεῖς δείκνυσιν. Ἑρμῆς δὲ...

...phōsì martyroŷsa hilaroỳs philomoúsous phileuphrosýnous philostórgous thrēskṓdeis toỳs goneîs deíknysin. Ermês dè...

...bearing witness to their lights, shows the parents to be cheerful, fond of the Muses, fond of good cheer, philostorgous, and devout. Hermes, on the other hand, makes them sociable...

adjective attestation; science.

Vettius Valens of Antioch, Nine Books of Anthologies, Eulogikon: pzu-aa, ref. 283 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...νόσοις περιέπεσε· πλὴν συνεξελθοῦσα αὐτῷ γυνὴ κατὰ φιλοστοργίαν τά τ’ ἄλλα παρηγόρει καὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μέτοχον...

...nósois periépese· plḕn synexelthoŷsa autôi gynḕ katà philostorgían tá t' álla parēgórei kaì tôn hyparchóntōn métochon...

...and he fell into illnesses; yet the wife who had gone out with him in accordance with philostorgia both comforted him in other respects and made him a sharer in her possessions...

noun attestation; science.

Vettius Valens of Antioch, Nine Books of Anthologies, Eulogikon: pzu-aa, ref. 284 (form: φιλοστόργου)

...Ζυγῷ, κλίμα βʹ. τῷ μηʹ ἔτει πένθος βαρύτατον τέκνου φιλοστόργου θάνατον θεασάμενος, ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ μητρός....

...Zygôi, klíma b?. tôi mē? étei pénthos barýtaton téknou philostórgou thánaton theasámenos, en dè tôi autôi kaì mētrós....

...in Libra, region 2. In the forty-eighth year, having witnessed the heaviest grief, the death of a philostorgou child, and in the same year also of his mother. It signified...

adjective attestation; science.

Vettius Valens of Antioch, Nine Books of Anthologies, Eulogikon: pzu-aa, ref. 76 (form: φιλοστοργοτέρους)

...ὁ περὶ ἀδελφῶν τόπος· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ εὐνουστέρους καὶ φιλοστοργοτέρους θανάτῳ χωρίζουσι, τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς ἐχθροὺς καὶ...

...ho perì adelphôn tópos· toỳs mèn gàr eunoustérous kaì philostorgotérous thanátōi chōrízousi, toỳs dè loipoỳs echthroỳs kaì...

...and the place concerning brothers: for those who are more well-disposed and more philostorgoterous they separate by death, while the remaining ones are enemies and harmful...

adjective attestation; science.

Galen of Pergamon, On Temperaments, Eulogikon: qmm-dt, ref. 1 576 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...ἐλέου τε καὶ φθόνου. εἴη δ’ ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτος εὔθυμος, φιλόστοργος , φιλάνθρωπος, συνετός. Ἐκ τούτων μὲν οὖν ὁ...

...eléou te kaì phthónou. eíē d' àn ho toioŷtos eúthymos, philóstorgos , philánthrōpos, synetós. Ek toútōn mèn oŷn ho...

...of pity and of envy. Such a person would be cheerful, philostorgos, philanthropic, prudent. From these, then, the most well-tempered...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Galen of Pergamon, On Theriac to Piso, Eulogikon: qmm-dn, ref. 14 236 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...τῶν μὲν μέχρι τοῦ συναποθανεῖν αὐτῇ τοσαύτην φιλοστοργίαν , τῆς δὲ τὸ μὴ βουληθῆναι ζῇν δουλικῶς, ἀλλ’ ἑλέσθαι...

...tôn mèn méchri toŷ synapothaneîn autêi tosaútēn philostorgían , tês dè tò mḕ boulēthênai zêin doulikôs, all' helésthai...

...they say, of those showing such philostorgia toward her even to the point of dying with her, and of her not wishing to live in servitude, but choosing rather...

noun attestation; medicine.

Galen of Pergamon, On Theriac to Piso, Eulogikon: qmm-dn, ref. 14 284 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...τὰς δὲ θυγατέρας πάνυ βουληθείσας αὐτῷ διὰ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν συναποθανεῖν πιούσας τὸ αὐτὸ φάρμακον ταχέως...

...tàs dè thygatéras pány boulētheísas autôi dià tḕn philostorgían synapothaneîn pioúsas tò autò phármakon tachéōs...

...he was dying, and his daughters, who very much wished out of philostorgia to die with him, having drunk the same poison, were quickly killed...

noun attestation; medicine.

Achilles Tatius of Alexandria, Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, Eulogikon: que-aa, ref. 5.5.2 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...γίνεται τῷ Θρᾳκὶ τούτῳ χρήσασθαι τῇ φύσει Πρόκνης ἡ φιλοστοργία · πέμπει γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Τηρέα.

...gínetai tôi Thrāikì toútōi chrḗsasthai têi phýsei Próknēs hē philostorgía · pémpei gàr epì tḕn adelphḕn tòn ándra tòn Tēréa.

...so it comes about for this Thracian to make use of the physis of Prokne: the philostorgia, for she sends her husband Tereus to her sister.

noun attestation; sophist; fiction.

Achilles Tatius of Alexandria, Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, Eulogikon: que-aa, ref. 7.9.5 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...αὐτῷ θέλει καὶ ζῆν δι’ ὀδύνην οὐ φέρει. τίς οὕτω φιλόστοργος φονεύς, ἢ ποῖον μῖσός ἐστιν οὕτω φιλούμενον; μή,...

...autôi thélei kaì zên di' odýnēn ou phérei. tís ohýtō philóstorgos phoneús, ḕ poîon mîsós estin ohýtō philoúmenon; mḗ,...

...wishes to die with him and cannot bear to live because of grief. What philostorgos murderer is there, or what hatred is so beloved? No, by...

adjective attestation; sophist; fiction.

Aristides the Orator, On Political Discourse, Eulogikon: qwm-ax, ref. 3.1.8 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...αὐτῷ παρεῖναι· οὕτω δέ τι χρηστὸς ἦν ὁ Δαρεῖος καὶ φιλόστοργος , ὥστ’ ἐβούλετο τοὺς παῖδας ἀμφοτέρους αὐτῷ...

...autôi pareînai· ohýtō dé ti chrēstòs ên ho Dareîos kaì philóstorgos , hṓst' eboúleto toỳs paîdas amphotérous autôi...

...to be present with him; so good and philostorgos was Dareios that he wished both children to be present with him....

adjective attestation; oratory.

Aristides the Orator, Funeral Oration for Eteoneus, Eulogikon: qwm-aq, ref. 76 (form: φιλοστοργότατον)

...ὥστε ἅπαντα πράττων ὅσα τὸν φιλομαθέστατον καὶ φιλοστοργότατον προσῆκεν οὐδεπώποτε ἔδοξεν ἑαυτῷ τῆς ἀξίας ἐγγὺς...

...hṓste hápanta práttōn hósa tòn philomathéstaton kaì philostorgótaton prosêken oudepṓpote édoxen heautôi tês axías engỳs...

...he was so disposed that, doing all that befitted the most devoted learner and the most philostorgotatos, he never thought himself to have come close to the worthy standard...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Dionysius of Corinth, On Christian Charity and Tradition, Eulogikon: qrw-aa, ref. book 179 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...δὲ μακαρίοις τοὺς ἀνιόντας ἀδελφοὺς ὡς τέκνα πατὴρ φιλόστοργος παρακαλῶν. Haec attulit Eusebius lib. iv.

...dè makaríois toỳs anióntas adelphoỳs hōs tékna patḕr philóstorgos parakalôn. ???? ??????? ???????? ???. ??.

...calling the brothers who were coming up to the blessed ones as a philostorgos father calls his children. Haec attulit Eusebius lib. iv.

adjective attestation; epic.

Pollux of Naucratis, Lexicon of Names, Eulogikon: qsq-aa, ref. 5 114 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἐπιτηδειότης, ἑταιρεία, εὔνοια. καὶ φιλικῶς, φιλοστόργως , οἰκείως, ἐπιτηδείως, εὐνοϊκῶς. φίλος, εὔνους,...

...epitēdeiótēs, hetaireía, eúnoia. kaì philikôs, philostórgōs , oikeíōs, epitēdeíōs, eunoikôs. phílos, eúnous,...

...affiliation, suitability, companionship, goodwill. And also: philikōs, philostorgōs, oikeiōs, epitēdeiōs, eunoikōs. Friend, well-disposed, close, suitable, companion...

adverb attestation; grammar.

Pollux of Naucratis, Lexicon of Names, Eulogikon: qsq-aa, ref. 5 114 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...φίλος, εὔνους, οἰκεῖος, ἐπιτήδειος, ἑταῖρος· ὁ γὰρ φιλόστοργος ἕτερόν τι δηλοῖ. τὰ δ’ ἐναντία, μισῶ τὸν δεῖνα,...

...phílos, eúnous, oikeîos, epitḗdeios, hetaîros· ho gàr philóstorgos héterón ti dēloî. tà d' enantía, misô tòn deîna,...

...Friend, well-disposed, close, suitable, companion; for philostorgos signifies something different. The opposites: I hate so-and-so, I cast away...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Pollux of Naucratis, Lexicon of Names, Eulogikon: qsq-aa, ref. 6 167 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...φιλοκερδής, φιλόδωρος, φιλόπαις φιλότεκνος φιλόστοργος φιλογύνης, φιλόθηρος φιλόμουσος, φιλοσώματος...

...philokerdḗs, philódōros, philópais philóteknos philóstorgos philogýnēs, philóthēros philómousos, philosṓmatos...

...philanthropos, philokerdēs, philodōros, philopais, philoteknos, philostorgos, philogynēs, philothēros, philomousos, philosōmatos, philopsychos...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophists Epitome, Eulogikon: rda-aa, ref. 2,2 100 (form: φιλοστοργῶσι)

...ῥαπίζουσιν, ἵνα τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πράγματος ὕβριν φεύγοντες φιλοστοργῶσι καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ προσίωσι τοῖς γάμοις. Κέρκοψ δὲ πρῶτος...

...rhapízousin, hína tḕn ek toŷ prágmatos hýbrin pheúgontes philostorgôsi kaì en hṓrāi prosíōsi toîs gámois. Kérkops dè prôtos...

...they strike with rods, so that, avoiding the outrage arising from the act, they may philostorgosi and come to the marriages in due season. Cercops was the first in Athens...

verb attestation; oratory.

Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophists Epitome, Eulogikon: rda-aa, ref. 2,2 121 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...παιδίον αὐτῆς τριακοστέον παρέθετο. καὶ γέγονε δεινὴ φιλοστοργία τοῦ θηρίου πρὸς τὸ παιδίον· οὔτε γὰρ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ...

...paidíon autês triakostéon parétheto. kaì gégone deinḕ philostorgía toŷ thēríou pròs tò paidíon· oúte gàr ap' autoŷ...

...placed her child beside it at thirty days old. And a terrible philostorgia of the beast toward the child came about, for neither was it separating itself from it...

noun attestation; oratory.

Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophists, Eulogikon: rda-ab, ref. Deipn 13 2 (form: φιλοστοργῶσί)

...ῥαπίζουσιν, ἵνα τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πράγματος ὕβριν φεύγοντες φιλοστοργῶσί τε καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ προσίωσι τοῖς γάμοις. ἐν δὲ Ἀθήναις...

...rhapízousin, hína tḕn ek toŷ prágmatos hýbrin pheúgontes philostorgôsí te kaì en hṓrāi prosíōsi toîs gámois. en dè Athḗnais...

...they strike with rods, so that, fleeing the outrage inherent in the act, they may philostorgōsi and approach the marriages in due season. And in Athens first...

verb attestation; oratory.

Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophists, Eulogikon: rda-ab, ref. Deipn 9 48 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐν τούτοις· ‘καὶ τοῖς κολοιοῖς δὲ διὰ τὴν φυσικὴν φιλοστοργίαν , καίπερ τοσοῦτον πανουργίᾳ διαφέρουσιν, ὅμως ὅταν...

...en toútois· kaì toîs koloioîs dè dià tḕn physikḕn philostorgían , kaíper tosoŷton panourgíāi diaphérousin, hómōs hótan...

...proceeds in these passages: 'and in jackdaws too, because of their physis-given philostorgian, although they surpass so greatly in cunning, yet whenever ela...

noun attestation; oratory.

Aelian of Praeneste, On the Nature of Animals, Eulogikon: ria-ab, ref. NA 10 8 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...δὲ αὐτῶν τῇ νήξει οἱ τέλειοι. φιλότεκνον γὰρ καὶ φιλόστοργον ὁ δελφὶς ζῷον, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν βρεφῶν ὀρρωδεῖ. καὶ...

...dè autôn têi nḗxei ohi téleioi. philóteknon gàr kaì philóstorgon ho delphìs zôion, kaì hypèr tôn brephôn orrōdeî. kaì...

...the adults guide them in swimming. For the dolphin is a philoteknon and philostorgon creature, and it fears for its young. And in keeping watch...

adjective attestation; sophist; oratory.

Aelian of Praeneste, On the Nature of Animals, Eulogikon: ria-ab, ref. NA 2 39 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...Ἦν δὲ ἄρα γένος ἀετῶν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τρέφοντας φιλόστοργον , ὥσπερ οὖν καὶ ὁ τοῦ Πύρρου.

...Ēn dè ára génos aetôn kaì pròs toỳs tréphontas philóstorgon , hṓsper oŷn kaì ho toŷ Pýrrou.

...many times. There was indeed a breed of eagles that was philostorgon toward those who reared them, just as was the eagle of Pyrrhus.

adjective attestation; sophist; oratory.

Aelian of Praeneste, On the Nature of Animals, Eulogikon: ria-ab, ref. NA 6 24 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...γαμέτην προτιμήσασα τοῦ βίου· τὰ δὲ ζῷα ὑπερβολὴν φιλοστοργίας οὐ παραλέλοιπεν.

...gamétēn protimḗsasa toŷ bíou· tà dè zôia hyperbolḕn philostorgías ou paraléloipen.

...having preferred her mate over life itself; and the animals have left no degree of philostorgias unsurpassed.

noun attestation; sophist; oratory.

Aelian of Praeneste, On the Nature of Animals, Eulogikon: ria-ab, ref. NA epi 1 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...καὶ λεόντων καὶ τί δρᾷ πάρδαλις καὶ ὅπως πελαργὸς φιλόστοργον καὶ ὅτι ἀηδὼν εὔστομον καὶ πῶς φιλόσοφον ἐλέφας καὶ...

...kaì leóntōn kaì tí drâi párdalis kaì hópōs pelargòs philóstorgon kaì hóti aēdṑn eústomon kaì pôs philósophon eléphas kaì...

...of serpents and lions and what the leopard does and how the stork is philostorgon and that the nightingale is sweet-voiced and how the elephant is philosophical and if...

adjective attestation; sophist; oratory.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions: Book II (Socratics), Eulogikon: rjo-ab, ref. Vit.2.120 (form: φιλοστοργότατα)

...Χαρίνου λόγος. ΚΡΙΤΩΝ Κρίτων Ἀθηναῖος· οὗτος μάλιστα φιλοστοργότατα διετέθη πρὸς Σωκράτην, καὶ οὕτως ἐπεμελεῖτο αὐτοῦ...

...Charínou lógos. KRITŌN Krítōn Athēnaîos· ohŷtos málista philostorgótata dietéthē pròs Sōkrátēn, kaì ohýtōs epemeleîto autoŷ...

...the speech of Charinos. KRITON: Kriton, an Athenian; he above all was disposed most philostorgotata toward Socrates, and took such care of him that...

adjective attestation; biography.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions: Book II (Socratics), Eulogikon: rjo-ab, ref. Vit.2.136 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...συμπνοίας, οὐδέν τι διαφερούσης τῆς Πυλάδου φιλοστοργίας .

...sympnoías, oudén ti diapheroúsēs tês Pyládou philostorgías .

...of Asclepiades in harmony, not at all differing from the philostorgias of Pylades.

noun attestation; biography.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions: Book VII (The Stoics), Eulogikon: rjo-ag, ref. Vit.7.120 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

φασὶ δὲ καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὰ τέκνα φιλοστοργίαν φυσικὴν εἶναι αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐν φαύλοις μὴ εἶναι....

phasì dè kaì tḕn pròs tà tékna philostorgían physikḕn eînai autoîs kaì en phaúlois mḕ eînai....

They say also that the philostorgian toward their children is physike for them and is not present in base persons. It is held...

noun attestation; biography.

Xenophon of Ephesus, Story of Anthia and Habrocomes, Eulogikon: rnk-aa, ref. 5.2.2 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ὑπομένων ἀποσπασθῆναι τῆς κόρης διὰ τὴν πρὸς αὐτὴν φιλοστοργίαν καὶ τὴν ἐπικειμένην συμφοράν, Ἱπποθόῳ μὲν οὐχ...

...hypoménōn apospasthênai tês kórēs dià tḕn pròs autḕn philostorgían kaì tḕn epikeiménēn symphorán, Ippothóōi mèn ouch...

...unable to bear being torn away from the girl because of his philostorgia toward her and the calamity bearing down upon them, he did not follow Hippothoos,...

noun attestation; fiction.

Aesop Life-anonymous, Life of Aesop Pl or Accursiana, Eulogikon: pqy-aa, ref. 250 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἐνδείκνυται τὴν διαφοράν. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῆς φιλοστόργως καὶ ἐπιμελῶς τρέφουσα διαγίνεται, τὰ δ’ ἐξ ἀλλοτρίων...

...endeíknytai tḕn diaphorán. tà mèn gàr ex autês philostórgōs kaì epimelôs tréphousa diagínetai, tà d' ex allotríōn...

...it shows the difference to each. For those born from herself she rears philostorgōs and attentively, while those from another's...

adverb attestation; fiction.

Aesop Life-anonymous, Life W, Eulogikon: pqy-ae, ref. 37 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἡ διαφορὰ γίνεται πολλή. τὰ γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῆς γεννηθέντα φιλοστόργως τρέφει, τὰ δὲ ἐξ ἀλλοτρίων ὠδίνων τεχθέντα μισεῖ...

...hē diaphorà gínetai pollḗ. tà gàr ex autês gennēthénta philostórgōs tréphei, tà dè ex allotríōn ōdínōn techthénta miseî...

...the difference turns out to be great. For those born from herself she rears philostorgōs, but those brought forth from another's birth-pangs she hates out of jealousy...

adverb attestation; fiction.

Late-antique attestations

Porphyry of Tyre, Remains of Homeric Questions Pertaining to the Iliad, Eulogikon: udm-ac, ref. 10 252-253 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...οὐκ ἀσχήμονα τὴν πρὸς ταύτας cod. ταύτην, corr. Bkk. φιλοστοργίαν , ὅπως ἂν μᾶλλον κατέχῃ τὸ πλῆθος. v. Herm. XIV, p....

...ouk aschḗmona tḕn pròs taútas ???. taútēn, ????. ???. philostorgían , hópōs àn mâllon katéchēi tò plêthos. ?. ????. ???, ?....

...and a philostorgian toward them that was not unseemly, cod. taútēn, corr. Bkk., so that he might the better hold the multitude in check. v. Herm. XIV, p. 23...

noun attestation; neoplatonist; philosophy.

Porphyry of Tyre, On Abstinence, Eulogikon: udm-av, ref. 2 32 (form: φιλοστοργεῖν)

...ὡς τροφοῦ καὶ μητρὸς ἡμῶν κλινομένους ὑμνεῖν καὶ φιλοστοργεῖν ὡς τεκοῦσαν· οὕτως γὰρ τῆς τοῦ βίου καταστροφῆς...

...hōs trophoŷ kaì mētròs hēmôn klinoménous hymneîn kaì philostorgeîn hōs tekoŷsan· ohýtōs gàr tês toŷ bíou katastrophês...

...inclining toward her as our nurse and mother, to hymn her and philostorgein her as one who has given birth. For thus, having attained the end of life...

verb attestation; neoplatonist; philosophy.

Porphyry of Tyre, On Abstinence, Eulogikon: udm-av, ref. 3 22 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐκείνοις ἄτοπον εἶναι δοκεῖ. τὴν γοῦν πρὸς τὰ ἔκγονα φιλοστοργίαν , ἀρχὴν μὲν ἡμῖν κοινωνίας καὶ δικαιοσύνης...

...ekeínois átopon eînai dokeî. tḕn goŷn pròs tà ékgona philostorgían , archḕn mèn hēmîn koinōnías kaì dikaiosýnēs...

...seems to those people to be strange. Setting the philostorgian toward offspring as, for us, the beginning of community and justice,...

noun attestation; neoplatonist; philosophy.

Iamblichus of Chalcis, Discourse-the Pythagorean Life, Eulogikon: udw-ab, ref. Vit Pyth 7 34 (form: φιλοστοργότατα)

...δὲ διχοφροσύνην, ὁμοῦ δὲ πάντων ἀμετρίαν‘, δι’ ὧν φιλοστοργότατα ἀνεμίμνησκεν ἕκαστον τῶν ἀρίστων δογμάτων.

...dè dichophrosýnēn, homoŷ dè pántōn ametrían, di' hôn philostorgótata anemímnēsken hékaston tôn arístōn dogmátōn.

...of the household's discord, and at once the immoderation of all things, through which he reminded each person of the finest doctrines philostorgotata.

adjective attestation; neoplatonist; philosophy.

Iamblichus of Chalcis, Discourse-the Pythagorean Life, Eulogikon: udw-ab, ref. Vit Pyth 8 39 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...τοὺς βασιλεύοντας τῶν θεῶν τὴν μεριζομένην φιλοστοργίαν παρὰ τῶν τέκνων πρὸς τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν συζυγίαν τῶν...

...toỳs basileúontas tôn theôn tḕn merizoménēn philostorgían parà tôn téknōn pròs tḕn hypárchousan syzygían tôn...

...to have handed down to the ruling gods the philostorgia apportioned from children toward the existing union of parents...

noun attestation; neoplatonist; philosophy.

John VI Kantakouzenos, Histories, Eulogikon: rxk-aa, ref. 3 358 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...εὐβουλίαν ἀπίδοι τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τὴν εἰς τοὺς παῖδας φιλοστοργίαν , πάντα πλάσματα ἡγεῖτο καὶ διαβολὰς, ὅτε δὲ εἰς τὸ...

...euboulían apídoi toŷ patròs kaì tḕn eis toỳs paîdas philostorgían , pánta plásmata hēgeîto kaì diabolàs, hóte dè eis tò...

...and were he to look upon the good counsel of the father and his philostorgia toward his children, he considered everything fabrications and slanders, but when toward the pl...

noun attestation; history.

Themistius the Philosopher, On Friendship, Eulogikon: rye-bj, ref. 267 d (form: φιλόστοργός)

...λόγος φησί. Πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὁ δοκιμαζόμενος ἔστω φιλόστοργός τε καὶ φιλοίκειος ὅτι μάλιστα, καὶ φύσει τόδε τὸ...

...lógos phēsí. Prôton mèn oŷn ho dokimazómenos éstō philóstorgós te kaì philoíkeios hóti málista, kaì phýsei tóde tò...

...the discourse of Athena says. First, then, let the one being examined be philostorgos and as devoted to his household as possible, and by physis this center...

adjective attestation; eclectic; philosophy.

Cyranides Anonymous, Cyranides, Eulogikon: shk-aa, ref. 1.7.(50) (form: φιλοστοργοῦσα)

...τὰ ἐν ἄλλοις κλίμασι γινόμενα. πολλάκις δὲ καὶ φιλοστοργοῦσα τὸ σῶμα ἐν ᾧ κατοικεῖ πρὸ χρόνων προμαντεύεται τὰ...

...tà en állois klímasi ginómena. pollákis dè kaì philostorgoŷsa tò sôma en ō katoikeî prò chrónōn promanteúetai tà...

...it observes what occurs in other regions. And often, philostorgousa the body in which it dwells, it foretells good things before the appointed time...

verb attestation; science.

Eutecnius the Paraphrast, Paraphrase of Oppian's Cynegetica, Eulogikon: sma-aa, ref. 25 (form: Φιλόστοργον)

...ἐκκλεισθεισῶν καὶ σφηνωθέντος τοῦ πνεύματος ἔνδοθεν. Φιλόστοργον δὲ εἰς ὑπερβολὴν γένος· ἥ τε γὰρ μήτηρ ἁπαλοὺς ἔτι...

...ekkleistheisôn kaì sphēnōthéntos toŷ pneúmatos éndothen. Philóstorgon dè eis hyperbolḕn génos· hḗ te gàr mḗtēr hapaloỳs éti...

...having been shut out and the breath being forced inward. A philostorgon race to an extreme degree: for the mother, while they are still tender and...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Oribasius of Pergamon, Medical Collections, Uncertain Books, Eulogikon: soi-ab, ref. 5 4 (form: φιλόστοργος)

εἴη δ’ ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτος εὐθὺς μὲν φιλόστοργος , φιλάνθρωπος, συνετός, ἐσθίειν δὲ καὶ πίνειν...

eíē d' àn ho toioŷtos euthỳs mèn philóstorgos , philánthrōpos, synetós, esthíein dè kaì pínein...

Such a person would straightaway be philostorgos, philanthropos, prudent, and moderate in eating and drinking...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Sopater of Athens, Division of Questions, Eulogikon: spc-ac, ref. 8.175 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός. Φιλόπαις ἡ μήτηρ καὶ πρὸς τὸν παῖδα φιλόστοργος · ὅθεν αὐτῷ καὶ συνεξῆλθεν ἀποκηρυχθέντι τῆς οἰκίας....

...hypò toŷ patrós. Philópais hē mḗtēr kaì pròs tòn paîda philóstorgos · hóthen autôi kaì synexêlthen apokērychthénti tês oikías....

...by the father. The mother is fond of her child and philostorgos toward the boy; hence she also went out with him when he was disowned from the household. k...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Sopater of Athens, Division of Questions, Eulogikon: spc-ac, ref. 8.230 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...διανοίᾳ, καὶ δῆλον ἐξ ὧν πρὸ τούτου φιλόπαις ἦν καὶ φιλόστοργος , καὶ πρὸς τὴν παῖδα χρηστὸς, ἐπιδοὺς ἐν ὥρᾳ τοῦ...

...dianoíāi, kaì dêlon ex hôn prò toútou philópais ên kaì philóstorgos , kaì pròs tḕn paîda chrēstòs, epidoỳs en hṓrāi toŷ...

...in his dianoia, and it is clear from the facts that before this he was fond of children and philostorgos, and kind toward the girl, having given her away at the proper time for marriage...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Sopater of Athens, Division of Questions, Eulogikon: spc-ac, ref. 8.336 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα. Ἡ κατάστασις ἀγωγὴν ἔχει τοῦ παιδὸς, φιλοστοργίαν , κηδεμονίαν εἰς ταὐτὸν τοῦ πατρὸς, εἰς εὔνοιαν,...

...kaì pròs taŷta. Ē katástasis agōgḕn échei toŷ paidòs, philostorgían , kēdemonían eis tautòn toŷ patròs, eis eúnoian,...

...and toward these matters as well. The exposition contains the upbringing of the boy, philostorgian, and the care of the father directed to the same end, toward goodwill, so that...

noun attestation; oratory.

Heliodorus of Emesa, Ethiopian Tales, Eulogikon: sru-aa, ref. 9.24.7 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἧς τὸ γεννῶν περὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἐκ πρώτης ἐντεύξεως φιλόστοργον ἀναδέχεται πάθος, ἀπορρήτῳ συμπαθείᾳ κινούμενον.

...hês tò gennôn perì tò gennṓmenon ek prṓtēs enteúxeōs philóstorgon anadéchetai páthos, aporrḗtōi sympatheíāi kinoúmenon.

...from which the begetter receives, at the first encounter with the begotten, a philostorgon feeling, moved by an ineffable sympathy.

adjective attestation; fiction.

Libanius of Antioch, Declamations 1–51, Eulogikon: swk-ag, ref. 40.2 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐπεὶ δὲ πατέρες μὲν ὑμεῖς καὶ τὴν περὶ τοὺς παῖδας φιλοστοργίαν οὐκ ἀγνοεῖτε, καὶ τοῦτο μόνον ὁ κατήγορος ἀφελέσθαι...

...epeì dè patéres mèn hymeîs kaì tḕn perì toỳs paîdas philostorgían ouk agnoeîte, kaì toŷto mónon ho katḗgoros aphelésthai...

...since you are fathers and are not unacquainted with the philostorgian toward children, and this alone the accuser is able to take from me...

noun attestation; oratory.

Libanius of Antioch, Declamations 1–51, Eulogikon: swk-ag, ref. 40.2.24 (form: φιλοστοργότερον)

...τὸν χρηστὸν τουτονὶ καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς περὶ τοὺς παῖδας φιλοστοργότερον καταιδέσαι δυνήσομαι βαρύτερον ἡμῖν καὶ τῆς τύχης...

...tòn chrēstòn toutonì kaì toŷ patròs perì toỳs paîdas philostorgóteron kataidésai dynḗsomai barýteron hēmîn kaì tês týchēs...

...and I shall be able to make this good man, who is more philostorgoteron toward children than their father, feel shame, something heavier for us to bear even than fortune...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Libanius of Antioch, Declamations 1–51, Eulogikon: swk-ag, ref. 40.2.27 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...πατέρες τέ εἰσι καὶ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν περὶ τοὺς παῖδας φιλοστοργίαν οὐκ ἀγνοοῦσι, σὺ δέ, εἰ μὲν οὔπω πατὴρ ἔφθης πρὸς...

...patéres té eisi kaì tḕn enteŷthen perì toỳs paîdas philostorgían ouk agnooŷsi, sỳ dé, ei mèn oúpō patḕr éphthēs pròs...

...are fathers and are not unacquainted with the philostorgian toward children that comes from this, but you, if you have not yet become a father before...

noun attestation; oratory.

Libanius of Antioch, Declamations 1–51, Eulogikon: swk-ag, ref. 40.2.78 (form: φιλοστοργότερος)

...ἀποκλαυσάμενος. μὴ γίνου πατρὸς πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας φιλοστοργότερος . μὴ φαίνου καὶ νόμων φιλανθρωπότερος. ἔα πεσεῖν οὓς...

...apoklausámenos. mḕ gínou patròs pròs toỳs paîdas philostorgóteros . mḕ phaínou kaì nómōn philanthrōpóteros. éa peseîn ohỳs...

...having wept out his grief. Do not become more philostorgoteros toward children than a father. Do not appear more humane even than the laws. Let those fall whom...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Libanius of Antioch, Declamations 1–51, Eulogikon: swk-ag, ref. 42.1.21 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...καὶ οὐδὲ τῶν θηρίων ᾐσχυνόμην τὴν περὶ τὰ τέκνα φιλοστοργίαν ; Τίς οὖν ἡ τοῦ πραχθέντος αἰτία; ἐμὲ γὰρ δεῖ τοῦτ’...

...kaì oudè tôn thēríōn ēschynómēn tḕn perì tà tékna philostorgían ; Tís oŷn hē toŷ prachthéntos aitía; emè gàr deî toŷt'...

...am I ruined? And was I not ashamed of the philostorgian of the wild beasts toward their young? What then is the cause of what was done? For I must give account of this...

noun attestation; oratory.

Hesychius the Alexandrian, Lexicon Π–Ω, Eulogikon: taq-ac, ref. phi 518 (form: φιλόστοργο)

...φιλόσοφο ς· ὁ πάντων πειραθείς, φιλομαθής φιλόστοργο ς· φιλότεκνος.

...philósopho s· ho pántōn peiratheís, philomathḗs philóstorgo s· philóteknos.

...a busybody, a philosopher, one who has tried all things, a lover of learning, philostorgos, fond of children.

adjective attestation; grammar.

Hephaestion of Thebes, Effects, Eulogikon: tco-ab, ref. 174 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...συμβιώσεις, ἀλλὰ ποιοῦσιν ἐπανόδους συντηρούσας τὸ φιλόστοργον , οἱ δὲ κακοποιοὶ μετά τινος ἐπηρείας καὶ ὕβρεως...

...symbiṓseis, allà poioŷsin epanódous syntēroúsas tò philóstorgon , ohi dè kakopoioì metá tinos epēreías kaì hýbreōs...

...the cohabitations, but they bring about returns that preserve the philostorgon, while the malefic ones bring about returns with a certain spite and violence...

adjective attestation; science.

Syrianus, Sopater, and Marcellinus, Scholia-Hermogenes's Book-Issues, Eulogikon: tem-aa, ref. 4.469 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...μητέρα, ὁ φεύγων ἐρεῖ· ἐλεήσαντες τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ τὸ φιλόστοργον τὸ πρὸς τὴν μητέρα· καὶ εὐθέως εἰς τὴν συγγνώμην...

...mētéra, ho pheúgōn ereî· eleḗsantes tḕn hēlikían kaì tò philóstorgon tò pròs tḕn mētéra· kaì euthéōs eis tḕn syngnṓmēn...

...his mother, the one fleeing will say: having taken pity on her age and the philostorgon toward his mother; and immediately falling into forgiveness...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Syrianus, Sopater, and Marcellinus, Scholia-Hermogenes's Book-Issues, Eulogikon: tem-aa, ref. 4.539 (form: φιλόστοργοι)

...ἔχει τὴν ἔμφυτον τῶν προπατόρων χρηστότητα, οἷον ὅτι φιλόστοργοι , ὅτι χρηστοὶ, ὅτι σώφρονες· εἰ δὲ νέος πλούσιος,...

...échei tḕn émphyton tôn propatórōn chrēstótēta, ohîon hóti philóstorgoi , hóti chrēstoì, hóti sṓphrones· ei dè néos ploúsios,...

..., he possesses the innate goodness of his forebears, such as that they are philostorgoi, that they are worthy, that they are temperate; but if a young man is wealthy, the...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Syrianus, Sopater, and Marcellinus, Scholia-Hermogenes's Book-Issues, Eulogikon: tem-aa, ref. 4.646 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...γνώμην αἰτεῖ· ὅτι εἰ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀλλὰ συγγνώμη φιλοστόργῳ ὄντι πατρὶ, τούτῳ δὲ οὐ σφόδρα ἰσχυρίζεται·...

...gnṓmēn aiteî· hóti ei kaì dià toŷto allà syngnṓmē philostórgōi ónti patrì, toútōi dè ou sphódra ischyrízetai·...

...having already given his opinion, asks: that even if for this reason there is still pardon for one being a philostorgos father, yet he does not press this point too hard; shameless...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Syrianus, Sopater, and Marcellinus, Scholia-Hermogenes's Book-Issues, Eulogikon: tem-aa, ref. 4.678 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...ἀνεῖλες, ἀλλ’ ἐπιβουλεύων· ἡ ποιότης γὰρ τοῦ πατρὸς φιλόστοργος οὖσα κατὰ φύσιν ἀντίκειται τοῖς τοιούτοις...

...aneîles, all' epibouleúōn· hē poiótēs gàr toŷ patròs philóstorgos oŷsa katà phýsin antíkeitai toîs toioútois...

...you killed him, but by scheming; for the character of the father, being philostorgos according to physis, stands in opposition to such thoughts,...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Syrianus, Sopater, and Marcellinus, Scholia-Hermogenes's Book-Issues, Eulogikon: tem-aa, ref. 4.95 (form: φιλόστοργοι)

...δόξαν· περὶ τῶν πατέρων, ὅτι χρηστοὶ, φιλότεκνοι, φιλόστοργοι , σωφρονέστεροι ταῖς ἡλικίαις καθεστῶτες· ὡσαύτως δὲ...

...dóxan· perì tôn patérōn, hóti chrēstoì, philóteknoi, philóstorgoi , sōphronésteroi taîs hēlikíais kathestôtes· hōsaútōs dè...

...and reputation: concerning fathers, that they are worthy, philoteknoi, philostorgoi, established as more temperate in their years; and likewise k...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Syrianus, Sopater, and Marcellinus, Scholia-Hermogenes's Book-Issues, Eulogikon: tem-aa, ref. 4.96 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...κατὰ φύσιν πολλὴν ἔχομεν ἐνθυμημάτων χορηγίαν, ὅτι φιλόστοργος ὁ πατὴρ, καὶ οὐ μάτην εἰς τὸν παῖδα λυπεῖται· ποῖος...

...katà phýsin pollḕn échomen enthymēmátōn chorēgían, hóti philóstorgos ho patḕr, kaì ou mátēn eis tòn paîda lypeîtai· poîos...

...according to physis we have a great supply of arguments, that the father is philostorgos, and that he does not grieve for his child in vain; for what...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Socrates of Constantinople, Ecclesiastical History, Eulogikon: tga-aa, ref. HE 4 6 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...τῇ ἀνάγκῃ τὸ οἰκεῖον δόγμα ἠρνήσατο. Κυζικηνοὶ δὲ φιλοστοργίᾳ τῇ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὑφ’ ἑτέρῳ ἐπισκόπῳ τάττεσθαι οὐκ...

...têi anánkēi tò oikeîon dógma ērnḗsato. Kyzikēnoì dè philostorgíāi têi pròs autòn hyph' hetérōi episkópōi táttesthai ouk...

...he himself under compulsion renounced his own doctrine. The Cyzicenes, however, out of philostorgia toward him, were unwilling to be placed under another bishop...

noun attestation; history.

John Stobaeus of Stobi, Anthologium, Eulogikon: tni-aa, ref. 1.49 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...ἀλκὰν ποτιφερομένα τοῖς ὁραυγαθεῖσιν· ἁ δὲ ἐπιθυμία φιλοστοργίᾳ συγγενὴς ἐᾶσα ἐφαρμόσδει τῷ νόῳ ἴδιον περιποιουμένα...

...alkàn potipheroména toîs horaugatheîsin· ha dè epithymía philostorgíāi syngenḕs eâsa epharmósdei tôi nóōi ídion peripoiouména...

...and bringing strength to those who have been seen; and desire, akin to philostorgia, letting go, fits itself to the nous, making its own the...

noun attestation; pagan; philosophy.

John Stobaeus of Stobi, Anthologium, Eulogikon: tni-aa, ref. 3.36 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...οὐ θράσος διεφαίνετο, ἀλλὰ πρᾳότης τις καὶ φιλοστοργία , ὥστ’ ἐπεθύμει ἄν τις ἔτι πλείω ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ ἢ

...ou thrásos diephaíneto, allà prāiótēs tis kaì philostorgía , hṓst' epethýmei án tis éti pleíō akoúein autoŷ ḕ

...in his much speaking there showed through no boldness, but a certain gentleness and philostorgia, so that one would have wished to hear still more from him than

noun attestation; pagan; philosophy.

John Stobaeus of Stobi, Anthologium, Eulogikon: tni-aa, ref. 4.19 (form: φιλοστοργίαι)

...καὶ γνησίου εὐνοίας. αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλαι φιλίαι ἢ φιλοστοργίαι ἐοίκασι ταῖς τῶν ὀσπρίων ἤ τινων ἄλλων παραπλησίων...

...kaì gnēsíou eunoías. ahi mèn gàr állai philíai ḕ philostorgíai eoíkasi taîs tôn ospríōn ḗ tinōn állōn paraplēsíōn...

...of the deepest and most genuine goodwill. For the other friendships or philostorgiai resemble those of legumes or of certain other similar things...

noun attestation; pagan; philosophy.

John Stobaeus of Stobi, Anthologium, Eulogikon: tni-aa, ref. 4.19 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...καὶ ἀποβεβλεφότες ἀπὸ τοῦ συμφέροντος διὰ τὴν ἄγαν φιλοστοργίαν · καὶ τοῦτο ποικίλως ἐξητακέναι, καὶ διὰ φίλων...

...kaì apobeblephótes apò toŷ symphérontos dià tḕn ágan philostorgían · kaì toŷto poikílōs exētakénai, kaì dià phílōn...

...and having turned their eyes away from what is beneficial on account of excessive philostorgia; and that this had been examined in varied ways, and through the entanglements of friends...

noun attestation; pagan; philosophy.

John Stobaeus of Stobi, Anthologium, Eulogikon: tni-aa, ref. 4.28 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...μὲν γὰρ τίκτειν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν ἔργον, τὸ δὲ ἐκτρέφειν φιλοστοργίας . Τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας ἐπιμελείας...

...mèn gàr tíktein anánkēs estìn érgon, tò dè ektréphein philostorgías . Tôn heptà sophôn perì tês katà tàs oikías epimeleías...

...for giving birth is the work of necessity, but nurturing is the work of philostorgias. Of the seven sages concerning the care of households...

noun attestation; pagan; philosophy.

Michael Apostolius the Proverb-Writer, Collection of Proverbs, Eulogikon: tjc-aa, ref. 10 90 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...σῶφρον αὐτῆς καὶ ἥδιον τῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ τεταγμένον καὶ φιλόστοργον . Λυκόπους εἶ : ἤγουν τῶν τυράννων οἰκέτης· τοὺς γὰρ...

...sôphron autês kaì hḗdion tôi andrì kaì tetagménon kaì philóstorgon . Lykópous eî : ḗgoun tôn tyránnōn oikétēs· toỳs gàr...

...her modesty and how she was pleasanter to her husband and orderly and philostorgon. You are a Lykopous: that is, a servant of tyrants; for the d...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 11 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...ἀθανάτῃσι. φιλοξείνους δὲ γυναῖκας Ἰησοῦς ἀγάπαζε φιλοστόργῳ τινὶ θεσμῷ, Μάρθαν καὶ Μαρίην καὶ Λάζαρον. ἐν δ’ ἄρα...

...athanátēisi. philoxeínous dè gynaîkas Iēsoŷs agápaze philostórgōi tinì thesmôi, Márthan kaì Maríēn kaì Lázaron. en d' ára...

...with immortal goddesses. Jesus cherished hospitable women with a certain philostorgoi custom, Martha and Mary and Lazarus. And therein...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 11.80.4 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ἔνθα φάνη μέγα σῆμα φιλοστόργῳ Διονύσῳ

éntha phánē méga sêma philostórgōi Dionýsōi

there a great sign appeared to philostorgō Dionysus

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 12 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...λελειμμένα μύστιδες ὧραι. καί οἱ δόρπον ἔθεντο· φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ Μάρθα διακτορίην πολυχανδέος εἶχε...

...leleimména mýstides hôrai. kaí ohi dórpon éthento· philostórgōi dè menoinêi Mártha diaktoríēn polychandéos eîche...

...the mystical hours alone were left behind. And they set supper before him; and with philostorgoi eagerness Martha held charge of the service of the wide-receiving table...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 12.120.4 (form: φιλοστόργου)

οἰκτρὰ κινυρομένοιο φιλοστόργου Διονύσου,

oiktrà kinyroménoio philostórgou Dionýsou,

pitiful the lamenting of philostorgou Dionysus,

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 13 (form: φιλοστόργοιο)

...καὶ εἰς τέλος. ἑσπερίου δὲ δείπνου γινομένοιο φιλοστόργοιο τραπέζης δούλιον ἔργον ἔτευξεν ἑοῖς ἑτάροισιν...

...kaì eis télos. hesperíou dè deípnou ginoménoio philostórgoio trapézēs doúlion érgon éteuxen heoîs hetároisin...

...he loved to the end. And as an evening meal of a philostorgos table was taking place, he performed a servant's work for his companions, weaving it together,...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 13 (form: φιλοστόργου)

...ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὃς παρὰ κόλπον ἀγχιφανὴς ἀνέκειτο φιλοστόργου βασιλῆος, τούτῳ Πέτρος ἔνευσε· λάλῳ δ’ ἐρέεινε...

...anḕr dé tis hòs parà kólpon anchiphanḕs anékeito philostórgou basilêos, toútōi Pétros éneuse· lálōi d' eréeine...

...he spoke. And a certain man who was reclining close at his side near the bosom of the philostorgos king, to him Peter nodded; and with a talkative silence he inquired,...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 13 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...φθέγγεσθε δαήμονες· εἰμὶ γὰρ ἄμφω, ὡς ἐμὲ μυθίζεσθε. φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ εἰ πόδας ὑμείων καθαρῷ φαίδρυνα λοετρῷ...

...phthéngesthe daḗmones· eimì gàr ámphō, hōs emè mythízesthe. philostórgōi dè menoinêi ei pódas hymeíōn katharôi phaídryna loetrôi...

...speak, you who are knowing ones; for I am both, as you speak of me. And with philostorgos intent, if I washed your feet with pure, bright water, consider...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 15 (form: φιλοστόργοιο)

...ὅσσα γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐπουρανίης ἀπὸ φωνῆς ἔκλυον ἡμετέροιο φιλοστόργοιο τοκῆος, ὑμῖν πᾶσιν ἔφηνα· καὶ οὐ βροτέῃ με μενοινῇ...

...hóssa gàr autòs epouraníēs apò phōnês éklyon hēmetéroio philostórgoio tokêos, hymîn pâsin éphēna· kaì ou brotéēi me menoinêi...

...for all that I myself heard from the heavenly voice of our philostorgos father, I have revealed to you all; and not by mortal intent did you...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 16.145.4 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

„ταῦτα μολὼν ἀγόρευε φιλοστόργῳ τινὶ νύμφῃ.

taŷta molṑn agóreue philostórgōi tinì nýmphēi.

"Go and speak these things to a certain philostorgōi nymph."

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 17.55.2 (form: φιλοστόργοιο)

Βρόγγος, ἔχων μίμημα φιλοστόργοιο νομῆος,

Bróngos, échōn mímēma philostórgoio nomêos,

Brongos, bearing the likeness of a philostorgoio herdsman,

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 18.335.2 (form: φιλοστόργοιο)

μνῆστιν ἔχων Σταφύλοιο φιλοστόργοιο τραπέζης·

mnêstin échōn Staphýloio philostórgoio trapézēs·

keeping memory of the philostorgoio table of Staphylos;

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 18.65.2 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ἐντύνων ἅμα πάντα, φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ

entýnōn háma pánta, philostórgōi dè menoinêi

preparing all things at once, and with philostorgōi longing

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 21 (form: φιλοστόργων)

...ὅτι τρίτον εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς· μᾶλλον ἐμῶν ἑτάρων με φιλοστόργων ἀγαπάζεις; Ἰησοῦν δ’ ἀπάμειπτο κατηφέι Πέτρος ἰωῇ·

...hóti tríton eîpen Iēsoŷs· mâllon emôn hetárōn me philostórgōn agapázeis; Iēsoŷn d' apámeipto katēphéi Pétros iōêi·

...Peter, because Jesus said it a third time: do you love me more than my philostorgon companions? And Peter answered Jesus with a downcast voice:

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 3.175.5 (form: φιλοστόργου)

ποιητῆς τ’ ἐλέλιζε φιλοστόργου τύπον οὐρῆς.

poiētês t' elélize philostórgou týpon ourês.

and the maker set quivering the philostorgou shape of a tail.

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 33.10.3 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ἀχνυμένη δάκρυσε, φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ

achnyménē dákryse, philostórgōi dè menoinêi

she wept in grief, and with philostorgōi longing

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 37.3 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

οἰκτρὸν ἀγηνορέοντι φιλοστόργῳ Διονύσῳ.

oiktròn agēnoréonti philostórgōi Dionýsōi.

pitifully to the proud-hearted philostorgōi Dionysus.

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 38.195.1 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ὑψιπόρῳ νέον υἷα φιλοστόργῳ φάτο φωνῇ·

hypsipórōi néon yhîa philostórgōi pháto phōnêi·

he spoke to his newly high-soaring son with a philostorgōi voice;

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 4 (form: φιλοστόργων)

...Ἰουδαίων πέδον ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάλιν εἰς πέδον ἦλθε φιλοστόργων Γαλιλαίων φεύγων λύσσαν ἄπιστον ἀκηλήτων Φαρισαίων....

...Ioudaíōn pédon andrôn kaì pálin eis pédon êlthe philostórgōn Galilaíōn pheúgōn lýssan ápiston akēlḗtōn Pharisaíōn....

...he came again to the land of philostorgon Galilaeans, fleeing the mad unbelief of the unappeasable Pharisees, having left the ground of the men of the Jews...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 4.15.1 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

λάινον οὐδὸν ἄμειψε· φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ

láinon oudòn ámeipse· philostórgōi dè menoinêi

he crossed the stone threshold, and with philostorgō eagerness

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 42.360.1 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ὅττι μιν ἀνδράσιν εὗρε· φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ

hótti min andrásin ehŷre· philostórgōi dè menoinêi

because she found him among men; and with philostorgos longing

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 47.40.2 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ἀλλά ἑ Βάκχος ἔρυκε, φιλοστόργῳ δὲ γεραιῷ

allá he Bákchos éryke, philostórgōi dè geraiôi

but Bacchus held him back, and to the philostorgos old man

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrase of the Gospel of John, Eulogikon: tns-aa, ref. book 5 (form: φιλοστόργοιο)

...εἶπεν ἀνὴρ βραδυπευθέι φωνῇ· κοίρανε, νουσοκόμοιο φιλοστόργοιο χατίζω· οὐ γὰρ ἔχω τινὰ φῶτα διάκτορον, ὄφρα κε...

...eîpen anḕr bradypeuthéi phōnêi· koírane, nousokómoio philostórgoio chatízō· ou gàr échō tinà phôta diáktoron, óphra ke...

...with difficulty a man spoke in a slow-voiced tone: lord, I am in want of a philostorgoio nurse; for I have no one as a guide, so that from the spring...

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 5.2 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

δίκτυα πηχύνουσι φιλοστόργῳ τινὶ θεσμῷ

díktya pēchýnousi philostórgōi tinì thesmôi

they stretch out nets by some philostorgō ordinance

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 5.370.4 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

ἀλλ’ ὅτι μοῦνον ὄλωλε. φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ

all' hóti moŷnon ólōle. philostórgōi dè menoinêi

but that he alone had perished. And with philostorgō eagerness

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 6.3 (form: φιλοστόργου)

μαντοσύνην ἐρέεινε, φιλοστόργου δὲ γεραιοῦ

mantosýnēn eréeine, philostórgou dè geraioŷ

he inquired of the prophetic art, and of the philostorgou old man

adjective attestation; epic.

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca, Eulogikon: tns-ab, ref. book 9.90.5 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

Ἰνὼ δ’ οὐκ ἀπίθησε, φιλοστόργῳ δὲ μενοινῇ

Inṑ d' ouk apíthēse, philostórgōi dè menoinêi

but Ino did not disobey, and with philostorgō eagerness

adjective attestation; epic.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 12.2.2 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...Ἕκτορι, τὴν ἀδελφήν, ἔχειν ὀρέγεται, τίς οὕτως ἔξω φιλοστοργίας ἐστίν, ὡς ἡγεῖσθαι κοῦφον εἶναι τὸ πρᾶγμα; Μέλλων δὲ...

...Ektori, tḕn adelphḗn, échein orégetai, tís ohýtōs éxō philostorgías estín, hōs hēgeîsthai koŷphon eînai tò prâgma; Méllōn dè...

...desires to have his sister for Hector, who is so far outside of philostorgias as to consider the matter trivial? And being about to...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 12.2.63 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

Ἐπεὶ δὲ φιλοστοργίαν ἡμῖν ὀνειδίζεις, ὅτι μὴ πολεμίῳ τὴν παῖδα συνάπτομεν...

Epeì dè philostorgían hēmîn oneidízeis, hóti mḕ polemíōi tḕn paîda synáptomen...

Since you reproach us for philostorgian, because we do not join our daughter to an enemy...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 20.2.13 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...πολλὴν ἄγοντα σχολὴν τὸν πατέρα καί τι καὶ χαίροντα φιλόστοργον προσειπὼν καὶ πᾶν ὅτου δεοίμην ἀσμένως πειθόμενον,...

...pollḕn ágonta scholḕn tòn patéra kaí ti kaì chaíronta philóstorgon proseipṑn kaì pân hótou deoímēn asménōs peithómenon,...

...having found his father spending much leisure time and also rejoicing, having addressed him as philostorgon and finding him gladly complying with everything I needed...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 20.2.43 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

ταῦτα θυμός ἐστι μικρὸν ὕστερον λήγων. οἶδα τὴν φιλοστοργίαν τὴν σήν. οὐ φέρεις τοῦ παιδὸς χωριζόμενος. ἐγὼ τὴν...

taŷta thymós esti mikròn hýsteron lḗgōn. oîda tḕn philostorgían tḕn sḗn. ou phéreis toŷ paidòs chōrizómenos. egṑ tḕn...

This is anger that subsides a little later. I know your philostorgian. You cannot bear being separated from the child. I the...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 20.2.45 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...εὔνοια καὶ παρὰ καιρὸν οἶδε φροντίδας ἐμβαλεῖν φιλοστόργῳ πατρί. τί δὲ τοιοῦτον ἑάλωκα πράξας, οἷον ἂν ἀκρατὴς...

...eúnoia kaì parà kairòn oîde phrontídas embaleîn philostórgōi patrí. tí dè toioŷton heálōka práxas, ohîon àn akratḕs...

...an innate goodwill and knows how to cast worries upon a philostorgoi father at an inopportune moment. What sort of act have I been caught doing, such as an intemperate man would...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 26.1.5 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...παντοδαποῖς παραστήσομεν τρόποις ἐκ τῆς περὶ τοῦτον φιλοστοργίας ἀβίωτον ἐκείνῳ γεγονότα τὸν βίον περιάπτοντες τῷ...

...pantodapoîs parastḗsomen trópois ek tês perì toŷton philostorgías abíōton ekeínōi gegonóta tòn bíon periáptontes tôi...

...we shall demonstrate by all manner of means that, out of philostorgias toward him, he made life unbearable for that person, fastening it upon the child...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 26.2.15 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ὁ παῖς ἔπαθέ τι δεινὸν ἀνεβόησεν· ὑπὸ γὰρ ἀμέτρου φιλοστοργίας , ὡς ἔοικεν, ἀεὶ τῷ λογισμῷ περιφέρων τὸν παῖδα...

...ho paîs épathé ti deinòn anebóēsen· hypò gàr amétrou philostorgías , hōs éoiken, aeì tôi logismôi periphérōn tòn paîda...

...when the child suffered something terrible he cried out, for out of excessive philostorgias, as it seems, ever carrying the child in his reasoning, he became downcast...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 26.2.34 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...τὸν πλοῦτον, αὐτὴν ἀπεσύλησα τὴν ψυχήν. οὐκοῦν καὶ φιλόστοργον ἀνεῖλον πατέρα παιδὸς οὗ μὴ φέρει τὴν τελευτὴν...

...tòn ploŷton, autḕn apesýlēsa tḕn psychḗn. oukoŷn kaì philóstorgon aneîlon patéra paidòs ohŷ mḕ phérei tḕn teleutḕn...

...I stripped away the psychē itself. So I also killed a philostorgon father of a child whose death he cannot bear to be deprived of...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 26.2.54 (form: φιλοστόργοις)

...διακείμενον ἀφεῖναι φωνάς; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τὸν ἀπελθόντα φιλοστόργοις ἐκάλει προσηγορίαις τὸν παῖδα, τὸν μόνον, τὸν...

...diakeímenon apheînai phōnás; ḕ dêlon hóti tòn apelthónta philostórgois ekálei prosēgoríais tòn paîda, tòn mónon, tòn...

...disposed to utter cries? Or is it clear that he was calling the departed child by philostorgois forms of address, his only one, his most beloved...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 34.1.2 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...ὁ Σικυώνιος· Τιμόμαχος δὲ Μήδειαν τὴν Αἰήτου φιλοστοργίᾳ τε ἐκέρασε καὶ θυμῷ, καὶ τὸ μὲν εἶχον οἱ παῖδες, τὸ...

...ho Sikyṓnios· Timómachos dè Mḗdeian tḕn Aiḗtou philostorgíāi te ekérase kaì thymôi, kaì tò mèn eîchon ohi paîdes, tò...

...the Macedonian, the Sikyonian; and Timomachos blended Medeia, the daughter of Aietes, with philostorgia and with rage, and the children held the one, while...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 35.2.30 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...πείσας τῇ θέᾳ τὸν τύραννον μηδαμῶς ἑτέραν ὑπονοεῖν, φιλοστοργίαν μὲν πατρικὴν καὶ γυναῖκα θρηνοῦσαν ἐκβαλών μου τῆς...

...peísas têi théāi tòn týrannon mēdamôs hetéran hyponoeîn, philostorgían mèn patrikḕn kaì gynaîka thrēnoŷsan ekbalṓn mou tês...

...and having persuaded the tyrant by the spectacle to suspect no other meaning, casting out from my depiction paternal philostorgian and a woman lamenting...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 35.2.51 (form: φιλοστόργοις)

...ἀποτίθενται, εὔνοια δὲ πατρικὴ γονεῦσι συντελευτᾷ φιλοστόργοις . οὐ τοίνυν ὁ πόθος ἁπλῶς ἐκεῖνον ἀνεῖλεν, ἀλλὰ τῆς...

...apotíthentai, eúnoia dè patrikḕ goneŷsi synteleutâi philostórgois . ou toínyn ho póthos haplôs ekeînon aneîlen, allà tês...

...they put aside straightaway, but paternal goodwill ends together with philostorgois parents. It was not, then, mere longing alone that destroyed him, but of the same...

adjective attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 35.2.68 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...θυγατρὸς ἐκηδόμην, ἕως ἐπῆλθε καιρὸς μείζων ἐμφύτου φιλοστοργίας . ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πᾶσα μὲν ἄλλη σωτηρίας ἐλπὶς τὴν πόλιν...

...thygatròs ekēdómēn, héōs epêlthe kairòs meízōn emphýtou philostorgías . epeidḕ gàr pâsa mèn állē sōtērías elpìs tḕn pólin...

...I cared for my daughter, until a moment arrived greater than innate philostorgias. For when every other hope of salvation had left the city...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 7.1.31 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...λαβεῖν εὔδηλον ὂν ὡς τὴν αὐτὴν μὲν ὑμῖν περιφυλάξει φιλοστοργίαν , ὠφελείας δὲ μείζονος αἰτία γενήσεται. εἰ γὰρ δεῖ...

...labeîn eúdēlon òn hōs tḕn autḕn mèn hymîn periphyláxei philostorgían , ōpheleías dè meízonos aitía genḗsetai. ei gàr deî...

...it is clear that receiving it, he will preserve for you the same philostorgia, and will become the cause of greater benefit. For if one must...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 8.1.25 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐθεράπευε τὴν τοῦ τεθνεῶτος αὐτοῖς ἀντεισφέρων φιλοστοργίαν , ὡς υἱὸν ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀποβαλόντα γονεῖς, ὡς πατέρα...

...etherápeue tḕn toŷ tethneôtos autoîs anteisphérōn philostorgían , hōs yhiòn agapôn tòn apobalónta goneîs, hōs patéra...

...he cared for those who had come, offering them in return the philostorgia of the deceased man, loving as a son the one who had lost his parents, honoring as a father...

noun attestation; oratory.

Choricius the Sophist of Gaza, Encomium for Bishop Marcian, Eulogikon: uvo-aa, ref. 8.1.54 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τῶν ἄλλων εἰσαγαγεῖν τὸν πλείονος παρὰ σοὶ τυχόντα φιλοστοργίας .

...tôn állōn eisagageîn tòn pleíonos parà soì tychónta philostorgías .

...to introduce to you someone else who has obtained a greater share of philostorgias from you.

noun attestation; oratory.

Damascius of Damascus, On Principles, Eulogikon: uyg-ad, ref. 1.189 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...διὰ τὸ πρὸς νοῦν σύμμετρος εἶναι ὑπομενούσης οἷον φιλοστοργία τοῦ οἰκείου γεννήματος. Οὐκ ἄρα ἀποβλέπει πρὸς τὸ...

...dià tò pròs noŷn sýmmetros eînai hypomenoúsēs ohîon philostorgía toŷ oikeíou gennḗmatos. Oyk ára apoblépei pròs tò...

...this because of being proportionate to the nous, as it were a philostorgia of what abides toward its own offspring. It does not, then, look to the cause...

noun attestation; neoplatonist; philosophy.

Romanos the Melodist, Genuine Songs, Eulogikon: uyq-ac, ref. 694 (form: φιλόστοργος)

|:σὺ δὲ πρᾶος καὶ φιλόστοργος .:|

:sỳ dè prâos kaì philóstorgos .:

you are gentle and philostorgos.

adjective attestation; poetry.

Romanos the Melodist, Songs, Eulogikon: uyq-ad, ref. book 17 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...οὓς γὰρ ἀποτίκτει ἡ μήτρα τῆς κολυμβήθρας λαμβάνει ὁ φιλόστοργος πατὴρ ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων paraκαὶ εἰς κληρονόμους...

...ohỳs gàr apotíktei hē mḗtra tês kolymbḗthras lambánei ho philóstorgos patḕr ho epì pántōn ????kaì eis klēronómous...

...for those whom the womb of the baptismal font brings forth, the philostorgos Father who is over all receives, and they are enrolled as heirs...

adjective attestation; poetry.

Romanos the Melodist, Songs, Eulogikon: uyq-ad, ref. book 23 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...φιλόχριστος καθέστηκε λῃστὴς συμπαθέστατος ξενοδόχος φιλόστοργος . Τιμῶμεν σταυρὸν φύλακα ζωῆς τῆς ἡμῶν· ζωῆς γάρ...

...philóchristos kathéstēke lēistḕs sympathéstatos xenodóchos philóstorgos . Timômen stauròn phýlaka zōês tês hēmôn· zōês gár...

...he has become a Christ-loving robber, a most compassionate host, philostorgos. Let us honor the cross, the guardian of our life; for it is of life...

adjective attestation; poetry.

Romanos the Melodist, Dubious Songs, Eulogikon: uyq-ab, ref. book 25.77 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...γέρα τῆς νίκης, Νικόλαε πάτερ· ἀλλ’ ὡς ὑπάρχων ἀεὶ φιλόστοργος τὸν ὕμνον νῦν πρόσδεξαι, ὃν ἐξ ἀπόρων χειλέων...

...géra tês níkēs, Nikólae páter· all' hōs hypárchōn aeì philóstorgos tòn hýmnon nŷn prósdexai, hòn ex apórōn cheiléōn...

...the prizes of victory, father Nicholas; but as one who is always philostorgos, receive now the hymn that I wove from resourceless lips,...

adjective attestation; poetry.

Romanos the Melodist, Songs, Eulogikon: uyq-ad, ref. book 5 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

Αὐτὸς γάρ, ὡς μητρὶ φιλοστόργῳ , νηστείας ἐντολῇ ὁ φιλάνθρωπος πρώην paraπαρέθετο...

Aytòs gár, hōs mētrì philostórgōi , nēsteías entolêi ho philánthrōpos prṓēn ????parétheto...

For he himself, as to a philostorgos mother, the lover of humankind lately entrusted the commandment of fasting, as...

adjective attestation; poetry.

Romanos the Melodist, Songs, Eulogikon: uyq-ad, ref. book pro 1 (form: φιλόστοργε)

Πάτερ ἐπουράνιε, φιλόστοργε , φιλάνθρωπε, paraἵλεως, ἵλεως, ἵλεως γενοῦ ἡμῖν,...

Páter epouránie, philóstorge , philánthrōpe, ????híleōs, híleōs, híleōs genoŷ hēmîn,...

Heavenly Father, philostorge, lover of humankind, be merciful, merciful, merciful to us,...

adjective attestation; poetry.

Ephraem of Aenus, Chronicle, Eulogikon: uza-aa, ref. unit_327 (form: φιλόστοργος)

...ἐμφυλίου στάσεως φθισιβρότου. paraΕὔνους βασιλεῖ καὶ φιλόστοργος θέλων δοκεῖν πανοῦργος Ἀνδρόνικος τυγχάνειν, χερσὶ...

...emphylíou stáseōs phthisibrótou. ????Eýnous basileî kaì philóstorgos thélōn dokeîn panoŷrgos Andrónikos tynchánein, chersì...

...from murderous civil strife. Andronikos, wishing to appear loyal to the king and philostorgos, contriving to be a scoundrel, with his hands...

adjective attestation; history.

Aristaenetus the Epistolographer, Epistles on Love and Beauty, Eulogikon: vrc-aa, ref. 1 19 (t1) (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ὁ δὲ Χαρικλῆς οὕτως εὐθὺς διετέθη πρὸς τὸ τεχθὲν φιλοστόργως , ὥστε ἀδικώτατον κρίνειν ἑταίραν ἔτι καλεῖσθαι τὴν...

...ho dè Chariklês ohýtōs euthỳs dietéthē pròs tò techthèn philostórgōs , hṓste adikṓtaton krínein hetaíran éti kaleîsthai tḕn...

...of lions. And Charikles was so immediately disposed toward the newborn philostorgos, that he judged it most unjust for the one he loved still to be called a courtesan...

adverb attestation; unknown.

Arsenius the Paroemiographer, Sayings, Eulogikon: vko-aa, ref. 5 19a (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...αἷμα φυσικῇ τρεπόμενον πέψει, κυησάσης τῆς μητρός, φιλοστοργίᾳ συμπαθεῖ, ἐξανθεῖ καὶ γηράσκει πρὸς τὸ ἄφοβον τοῦ...

...ahîma physikêi trepómenon pépsei, kyēsásēs tês mētrós, philostorgíāi sympatheî, exantheî kaì gēráskei pròs tò áphobon toŷ...

...the blood, transformed by physis-given concoction, when the mother has conceived, is moved by sympatheia through philostorgia, blooms and ages in correspondence with the fearlessness of the child...

noun attestation; grammar.

Demosthenes Scholia, Scholia-Demosthenes, Eulogikon: vky-aa, ref. 20.112 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...εὖ ἐποίησεν (ἄδηλος γὰρ αὕτη), ἀλλ’ εὐνοίᾳ καὶ φιλοστοργίᾳ τοὺς ἡττημένους ἀντὶ τῶν κεκρατηκότων ἠσπάσατο‘. καὶ...

...eŷ epoíēsen (ádēlos gàr ahýtē), all' eunoíāi kaì philostorgíāi toỳs hēttēménous antì tôn kekratēkótōn ēspásato. kaì...

...he treated well out of expectation of return (for that is uncertain), but with goodwill and philostorgia he welcomed the defeated in place of the victors.' And o...

noun attestation; grammar.

Hippiatric Compilation Anonymous, Paris Veterinary Works, Eulogikon: vjk-ai, ref. 1065 (form: φιλοστοργό)

...τὰ γεννηθέντα ἀφαιροῦμεν, οὕτως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων· φιλοστοργό τατον γὰρ τοῦτο τὸ ζῷον ἁπάντων. μετὰ γὰρ ιεʹ ἡμέρας...

...tà gennēthénta aphairoŷmen, ohýtōs kaì epì tôn híppōn· philostorgó taton gàr toŷto tò zôion hapántōn. metà gàr ie? hēméras...

...whose offspring we remove, so too with horses: for this animal is the philostorgotaton of all. For after fifteen days...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Hippiatric Compilation Anonymous, Berlin Veterinary Works, Eulogikon: vjk-ag, ref. 14 9 (t) (form: φιλοστοργότερον)

...τε γὰρ ἐκτραφήσονται γάλακτι, καὶ συντραφέντες φιλοστοργότερον ἕξουσι πρὸς τὰς ἱππάδας ἐκ τῆς ἀνατροφῆς, ὥστε καὶ...

...te gàr ektraphḗsontai gálakti, kaì syntraphéntes philostorgóteron héxousi pròs tàs hippádas ek tês anatrophês, hṓste kaì...

...for they will be raised on better milk, and having been raised together they will be philostorgoteron toward the mares on account of the upbringing, so that also...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Hippiatric Compilation Anonymous, Fragments of Anatolius, Eulogikon: vjk-ah, ref. 7 (form: φιλοστοργότατον)

...χεῖρα τοῖς γεννήμασιν οὐδὲ τῆς μητρὸς ἀποσπᾶν, φιλοστοργότατον γὰρ τὸ ζῷον. θέρμης δὲ προνοεῖσθαι δεῖ καὶ...

...cheîra toîs gennḗmasin oudè tês mētròs apospân, philostorgótaton gàr tò zôion. thérmēs dè pronoeîsthai deî kaì...

...to lay a hand on the offspring or to tear them from the mother, for the creature is most philostorgotaton. One must take care of warmth and spaciousness...

adjective attestation; medicine.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Odyssey, Eulogikon: vta-ad, ref. 1 330 (form: φιλόστοργον)

ἄλλως τε περὶ τὸν ἐχέφρονα πόσιν φιλόστοργον ἦθος ἀποδείκνυσι, τῶν ἐραστῶν ἕκαστον ἐκπαιδεύουσα...

állōs te perì tòn echéphrona pósin philóstorgon êthos apodeíknysi, tôn erastôn hékaston ekpaideúousa...

And in other respects she reveals a philostorgon character toward her prudent husband, educating each of the suitors before...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 1 352b (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...μὴ εἰς ῥᾳστώνην, ἀλλ’ εἰς πρακτικὸν νεῦσαι τὸν ἥρωα. φιλοστοργίᾳ δὲ καὶ ἐλέῳ προκαλεῖ τὴν μητέρα. ἐν κεφαλαίῳ δὲ τὴν...

...mḕ eis rhāistṓnēn, all' eis praktikòn neŷsai tòn hḗrōa. philostorgíāi dè kaì eléōi prokaleî tḕn mētéra. en kephalaíōi dè tḕn...

...so as to incline the hero not toward ease but toward action. He appeals to his mother with philostorgia and pity. And in summary the good...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Odyssey, Eulogikon: vta-ad, ref. 10 7 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τῷ τῆς συνοικήσεως ἐπιτερπεῖ προσυπάρχῃ τι φυσικὸν φιλοστοργίας πάθος ἐκ γένους καὶ συνανατροφῆς παιδικῆς,...

...tôi tês synoikḗseōs epiterpeî prosypárchēi ti physikòn philostorgías páthos ek génous kaì synanatrophês paidikês,...

...then, to the pleasant delight of the cohabitation there is also present beforehand a certain natural pathos of philostorgia arising from kinship and shared upbringing in childhood, it is doubled...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 11 611 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...τοῦ τρωθέντος ἀποστέλλειν αὐτόν. τὸ Πάτροκλε δὲ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν ἐμφαίνει· "πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων ἄνδρα...

...toŷ trōthéntos apostéllein autón. tò Pátrokle dè tḕn philostorgían emphaínei· "patróthen ek geneês onomázōn ándra...

...to send him away from the one who had been wounded. The word 'Patrokle' reveals the philostorgia: 'calling each man by name from his father's lineage'...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 12 333b (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἕπεσθαι. b (BCE 3 E 4 ) T ἑτάροισιν ἀμύναι : πρὸς τὸ φιλόστοργον τοῦ βασιλέως· οὐ γὰρ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τῶν...

...hépesthai. ? (??? ? ) ? hetároisin amýnai : pròs tò philóstorgon toŷ basiléōs· ou gàr hypèr heautoŷ, all' hypèr tôn...

...to follow. to defend his companions: concerning the philostorgon of the king, for it was not on his own behalf, but on behalf of those fighting...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 12 334a1 (form: φιλόστοργον)

T τὸ φιλόστοργον αὐτοῦ ἐνδείκνυται· οὐ γὰρ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τῶν...

? tò philóstorgon autoŷ endeíknytai· ou gàr hypèr heautoŷ, all' hypèr tôn...

It reveals his philostorgon, for it was not on his own behalf, but on behalf of those...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Old Scholia on Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-af, ref. 13 237 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ῥώμην ἐμαρτύρησε, καὶ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον εἰς αὐτὸν τῆς φιλοστοργίας ἐνεδείξατο.

...rhṓmēn emartýrēse, kaì tò hyperbállon eis autòn tês philostorgías enedeíxato.

...testified to the strength of the roads, and displayed the exceeding degree of philostorgias toward him.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Eustathian Scholia on Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ah, ref. 13 249 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ποδῶν ῥώμην ἐμαρτύρησε, καὶ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον αὐτοῦ τῆς φιλοστοργίας ἐνεδείξατο. Ἠέ τι βέβληαι.

...podôn rhṓmēn emartýrēse, kaì tò hyperbállon autoŷ tês philostorgías enedeíxato. Ēé ti béblēai.

...bore witness to the strength of his feet, and displayed the exceeding degree of his philostorgias. 'Or have you been struck by something.'

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Odyssey, Eulogikon: vta-ad, ref. 14 145 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἢ δεσπότην, ἀλλὰ ἀδελφὸν μείζονα διὰ τὴν πρὸς ἐμὲ φιλοστοργίαν .

...ḕ despótēn, allà adelphòn meízona dià tḕn pròs emè philostorgían .

...nor a master, but an elder brother on account of the philostorgia toward me.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Odyssey, Eulogikon: vta-ad, ref. 16 12 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἐπεισερχόμενον ἡμῖν δεινόν. V. κύσσε δέ μιν κεφαλήν φιλοστόργως ὁ Εὔμαιος, ἐπεί τοι καὶ οἱ κύνες σαίνουσι πρὸς αὐτὸν...

...epeiserchómenon hēmîn deinón. ?. kýsse dé min kephalḗn philostórgōs ho Eýmaios, epeí toi kaì ohi kýnes saínousi pròs autòn...

...the terrible thing coming upon us. V. And Eumaios kissed him on the head philostorgōs, since indeed even the dogs fawn upon him as...

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 16 247 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...δὲ λέξις Αἰτωλῶν. T διὰ δὲ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ μοί τὸ φιλόστοργον ἦθος δηλοῖ. b (BCE 3 E 4 ) T τεύχεσί τε ξὺν πᾶσι καὶ...

...dè léxis Aitōlôn. ? dià dè tês prosthḗkēs toŷ moí tò philóstorgon êthos dēloî. ? (??? ? ) ? teúchesí te xỳn pâsi kaì...

...the dialect is Aetolian. Through the addition of 'moi' he shows the philostorgon character. with all his armor and...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 16 268 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...νῦν δὲ ἐπ’ ἐξουσίας γεγονὼς παρακαλεῖ γενναίαν καὶ φιλόστοργον παράκλησιν, φίλους τε Ἀχιλλέως καλῶν ἰσάζεσθαι...

...nŷn dè ep' exousías gegonṑs parakaleî gennaían kaì philóstorgon paráklēsin, phílous te Achilléōs kalôn isázesthai...

...but now, having come into authority, he urges a noble and philostorgon appeal, calling the friends of Achilles and urging them to be treated as equals...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 16 784-5a2 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τῷ Νέστορος φιλοπόνως ἀνασχομένῳ, τῷ Εὐρύπυλον φιλοστόργως ἰασαμένῳ, τῷ ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἑλλήνων δακρύσαντι καὶ τὸν...

...tôi Néstoros philopónōs anaschoménōi, tôi Eyrýpylon philostórgōs iasaménōi, tôi hypèr tôn Ellḗnōn dakrýsanti kaì tòn...

...to him who patiently endured the burden of Nestor, to him who philostorgos healed Eurypylos, to him who wept on behalf of the Greeks and the harsh...

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 133-6 (form: φιλοστόργῳ)

...τούτου, τοὺς δὲ σκύμνους αὐτοῦ τέκνα ὀνομάζει τῷ φιλοστόργῳ ὀνόματι (cf. 133). b (B, C bis, E 3 E 4 ) T καλῶς δὲ...

...toútou, toỳs dè skýmnous autoŷ tékna onomázei tôi philostórgōi onómati (??. ). ? (?, ? ???, ? ? ) ? kalôs dè...

...against him, and he calls his cubs children by the philostorgō name (cf. 133). And rightly k...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 134-6c (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

Ρ 4—5) τὴν φιλοστοργίαν τῆς βοὸς παρέλαβεν, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς τοῦ Αἴαντος τὸ...

R ) tḕn philostorgían tês boòs parélaben, epì dè tês toŷ Aíantos tò...

...valor. 'Leading infants': he knows the philostorgia of children to be according to physis.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 134-6c (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...A νήπ ι ’ ἄγοντι : φυσικὴν οἶδε τὴν τῶν τέκνων φιλοστοργίαν .

...? nḗp i ' ágonti : physikḕn oîde tḕn tôn téknōn philostorgían .

...valor. 'Leading infants': he knows the philostorgia of children to be according to physis.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 4a (form: φιλοστοργότατον)

...‘ὥς τις περὶ πόρτακι βοῦς ἕστηκεν‘, ἀλλὰ μήτη ρ , τὸ φιλοστοργότατον ὄνομα. A ὥς τις περὶ πόρτακι μήτηρ : τὸν Αἴαντα...

...hṓs tis perì pórtaki boŷs héstēken, allà mḗtē r , tò philostorgótaton ónoma. ? hṓs tis perì pórtaki mḗtēr : tòn Aíanta...

...'as a cow stands over her calf,' but 'mother,' the most philostorgotaton name. As a mother over her calf: Ajax to a lion...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 4b (form: φιλοστοργότατον)

εὖ δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ βοῦς τὸ μήτηρ ἔλαβε, τὸ φιλοστοργότατον τῆς φύσεως ὄνομα. b (BCE 3 E 4 ) T πόρτακι : πόρταξ...

eŷ dè antì toŷ boŷs tò mḗtēr élabe, tò philostorgótaton tês phýseōs ónoma. ? (??? ? ) ? pórtaki : pórtax...

Well, in place of 'cow' he took 'mother,' the philostorgotaton name of physis.

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 5a (form: φιλόστοργον)

...A πρωτοτόκος : πρὸς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀσθενῆ, ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλόστοργον .

...? prōtotókos : pròs tò mḕ eînai asthenê, allà kaì philóstorgon .

...îsan. The firstborn: so as to be not weak, but also philostorgon.

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 5c1 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...Μενελάου λύπην. T πρὸς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀσθενῆ, ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλόστοργον .

...Meneláou lýpēn. ? pròs tò mḕ eînai asthenê, allà kaì philóstorgon .

...the grief of Menelaos. So as to be not weak, but also philostorgon.

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 652-3a2 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...b (BCE 3 E 4 ) πρῶτον γὰρ αὐτὸν εἴκασε διὰ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν βοΐ (cf.

...? (??? ? ) prôton gàr autòn eíkase dià tḕn philostorgían boí (??.

...for he first likened him to a cow on account of his philostorgia (cf.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 17 670a (form: φιλοστόργως)

...ἐπιμελῶς ἀκούει (cf. Λ 655—803), b (BCE 3 E 4 ) φιλοστόργως Εὐρύπυλον ἰᾶται (cf. Λ 844—8. Ο 390—4), κλαίει πρὸς...

...epimelôs akoúei (??. L ), ? (??? ? ) philostórgōs Eyrýpylon iâtai (??. L . O ), klaíei pròs...

...he listens carefully to Nestor (cf. L 655-803), he heals Eurypylos philostorgōs (cf. L 844-8. O 390-4), he weeps before Ach...

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 18 325a (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...οὐκ ἂν ἐκδόντος τὸν παῖδα διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν φιλοστοργίαν , εἰ μὴ Ἀχιλλεῖ κατεπίστευσεν ὡς σῶσαι ἱκανῷ ὄντι...

...ouk àn ekdóntos tòn paîda dià tḕn pròs tòn yhiòn philostorgían , ei mḕ Achilleî katepísteusen hōs sôsai hikanôi ónti...

...since Menoitios would not have given up the boy on account of his philostorgia toward his son, had he not trusted Achilles as one capable of saving him and...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 18 342 (form: φιλοστόργως)

b (BCE 4 ) T φιλοστόργως δὲ τὸν Πάτροκλον συνεργὸν ἀπέφηνε τῶν κατορθωμάτων...

? (??? ) ? philostórgōs dè tòn Pátroklon synergòn apéphēne tôn katorthōmátōn...

philostorgōs he presented Patroklos as a fellow-worker in his achievements and...

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Odyssey, Eulogikon: vta-ad, ref. 2 99 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

δείκνυσιν οὖν λεληθότως τὴν πρὸς Ὀδυσσέα φιλοστοργίαν , ὃς ταυτὸ παρῄνει μεμνῆσθαι πατρὸς καὶ μητρός. M.S....

deíknysin oŷn lelēthótōs tḕn pròs Odysséa philostorgían , hòs tautò parēnei memnêsthai patròs kaì mētrós. ?.?....

He reveals covertly, then, the philostorgia toward Odysseus, who advised remembering both father and mother in the same breath. M.S. m...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 20 125b (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

ἢ αὔξει τὴν πρὸς ἐκεῖνον φιλοστοργίαν τῷ δεδοικέναι. b (BCE 3 E 4 ) T αἶσα : τὸν τοῦ...

ḕ aúxei tḕn pròs ekeînon philostorgían tôi dedoikénai. ? (??? ? ) ? aîsa : tòn toŷ...

or increases the philostorgia toward him through fear. aisa: the one of the whole...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 22 380 (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τοὺς πολεμίους παρὰ τὴν πτῶσιν τῶν ἀπολωλότων· φιλοστόργως δὲ μετάγεται, τὸ φιλέταιρον προτιθεὶς τοῦ φιλοτίμου.

...toỳs polemíous parà tḕn ptôsin tôn apolōlótōn· philostórgōs dè metágetai, tò philétairon protitheìs toŷ philotímou.

...striking the enemies at the fall of those who had perished; and philostorgōs he withdraws, placing love of his companion above love of honor.

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 23 44a (form: φιλόστοργοι)

T ἄλλως· καρήατος : λείπει τὸ ἐμοῦ· ἀσεβεῖν γὰρ οἱ φιλόστοργοι νομίζουσι τὴν τοῦ σώματος ἐπιμέλειαν προτιθέντες τῆς...

? állōs· karḗatos : leípei tò emoŷ· asebeîn gàr ohi philóstorgoi nomízousi tḕn toŷ sṓmatos epiméleian protithéntes tês...

Otherwise: karēatos: the word 'of me' is missing; for the philostorgoi consider it impiety to put care of the body before k...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 23 67 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

..., αὐτὰρ ἐμεῖο λελασμένος ἔπλευ , Ἀχιλλεῦ : πλήρης φιλοστοργίας ὁ λόγος καὶ ἠθικῆς μέμψεως.

..., autàr emeîo lelasménos épleu , Achilleŷ : plḗrēs philostorgías ho lógos kaì ēthikês mémpseōs.

...deis, but you sailed forgetting me, Achilleus: the speech is full of philostorgias and moral reproach.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 24 215b (form: φιλοστόργως)

...τὸ ἐπίθετον τίθησιν. A οὔτε φόβου μεμνημένον : φιλοστόργως ταῦτα, ἐπεί τοι φεύγοντα ἀνεῖλεν.

...tò epítheton títhēsin. ? oúte phóbou memnēménon : philostórgōs taŷta, epeí toi pheúgonta aneîlen.

...he applies the epithet to the barbarians. Neither mindful of fear: these things philostorgōs, since indeed he slew him as he fled.

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Odyssey, Eulogikon: vta-ad, ref. 5 213 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...τὸ περὶ πρώτης ἀπολογήσασθαι τῆς περὶ τὴν Πηνελόπην φιλοστοργίας .

...tò perì prṓtēs apologḗsasthai tês perì tḕn Pēnelópēn philostorgías .

...to make a defense first concerning the philostorgia toward Penelope.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 406 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

b (BCE 3 E 4 ) T il φθίσει σε τὸ σὸν μένος : διὰ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν πέπεισται αὐτὸν ὑπερέχειν Ἑλλήνων καὶ οὐ τοσοῦτον...

? (??? ? ) ? ?? phthísei se tò sòn ménos : dià tḕn philostorgían pépeistai autòn hyperéchein Ellḗnōn kaì ou tosoŷton...

b (BCE 3 E 4) T il 'your fury will destroy you': on account of the philostorgian he is persuaded that he surpasses the Greeks, and not so much by...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 448a1 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

AT ἢ οὐ τῆς ἁλώσεως μέμνηται, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φιλοστοργίαν ἐμφαίνει πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα· διὸ T οὐδὲ τὸν χρόνον τῆς...

?? ḕ ou tês halṓseōs mémnētai, allà tḕn heautoŷ philostorgían emphaínei pròs tḕn gynaîka· diò ? oudè tòn chrónon tês...

...recalls, but rather makes it more easy to console and reveals his own philostorgian toward his wife, and therefore not even the boundary of the capture...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 448a1 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐπαράμυθον ποιεῖ καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ φιλοστοργίαν πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα ἐμφαίνει· διὸ οὐδὲ τὸν τῆς ἁλώσεως...

...allà mâllon euparámython poieî kaì tḕn autoŷ philostorgían pròs tḕn gynaîka emphaínei· diò oudè tòn tês halṓseōs...

...recalls, but rather makes it more easy to console and reveals his own philostorgian toward his wife, and therefore not even the boundary of the capture...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 450-4a (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...μέλει— / ὅσσον σε ῖ ’ : ὑπερεβάλετο τὴν τῆς γυναικὸς φιλοστοργίαν · ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀντὶ τῶν οὐκέτι ὄντων οἰκείων ἔθετο...

...mélei hósson se î ' : hyperebáleto tḕn tês gynaikòs philostorgían · hē mèn gàr antì tôn oukéti óntōn oikeíōn étheto...

...cares, as much as you...: he surpassed the philostorgian of the woman, for she, in place of her kinsmen who were no longer living, had placed him...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 450-4b (form: φιλοστοργία)

...T οὔ τ ’ αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης : ηὔξηται διὰ τῆς ἀντωνυμίας ἡ φιλοστοργία .

...? oú t ' autês Ekábēs : ēýxētai dià tês antōnymías hē philostorgía .

...) T not even of Hecuba herself: the philostorgia has been heightened by means of the pronoun.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Old Scholia on Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-af, ref. 6 458 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...κόρυθ’ εἵλετο εὐάλωτος γὰρ καὶ ὁ τραχὺς τέκνου φιλοστοργίᾳ .

...kóryth' ehíleto euálōtos gàr kaì ho trachỳs téknou philostorgíāi .

...took the helmet of the mighty one, for even the harsh man is easily overcome by the philostorgia of a child.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 462-3 (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...με τεθνειῶτα χυτὴ κατὰ γαῖα καλύπτοι : ὑπερβάλλει τῇ φιλοστοργίᾳ τὴν γυναῖκα· ἡ μὲν γὰρ στερηθεῖσα τοῦ Ἕκτορος θανεῖν...

...me tethneiôta chytḕ katà gaîa kalýptoi : hyperbállei têi philostorgíāi tḕn gynaîka· hē mèn gàr sterētheîsa toŷ Ektoros thaneîn...

...let the heaped earth cover me dead: he surpasses the woman in philostorgia; for she, having been deprived of Hector, wished to die e...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 6 472a (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...εἵλετο : μιμητικῶς· εὐάλωτος γὰρ καὶ ὁ τραχὺς τέκνου φιλοστοργίᾳ .

...ehíleto : mimētikôs· euálōtos gàr kaì ho trachỳs téknou philostorgíāi .

...' chose: in an imitative way; for even the harsh man is easily captured by philostorgia for a child.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 7 104-8 (form: φιλοστόργως)

φιλοστόργως δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ποιεῖται τὸν λόγον ὁ ποιητὴς καὶ...

philostórgōs dè pròs autòn poieîtai tòn lógon ho poiētḕs kaì...

The poet addresses him philostorgos and with sympathy...

adverb attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Old Scholia on Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-af, ref. 9 323 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

εἰκότως οὐδὲν τῶν τετραπόδων λαμβάνει εἰς τέκνων φιλοστοργίαν · ταῦτα γὰρ—τρεφομένων· εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἀμελχθείη, ἀνιᾶται...

eikótōs oudèn tôn tetrapódōn lambánei eis téknōn philostorgían · taŷta gàr trephoménōn· ei gàr mḕ amelchtheíē, aniâtai...

Reasonably, it takes nothing from the four-footed animals toward philostorgia for offspring, for these, while being nursed, if indeed it were not milked, the...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 9 323a (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...) T εὖ δὲ τὸ μηδὲν τῶν τετραπόδων λαβεῖν εἰς τέκνου φιλοστοργίαν · ταῦτα γὰρ τρέφοντα τῷ γάλακτι οὐδὲν ἧττον...

...) ? eŷ dè tò mēdèn tôn tetrapódōn labeîn eis téknou philostorgían · taŷta gàr tréphonta tôi gálakti oudèn hêtton...

...4) T it is well that none of the four-footed animals is taken as an example of philostorgia toward a child; for these, while nourishing with milk, are no less benefited...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 9 437a (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...(BE 3 ) T φίλον τέκος : προσαγωγὰ ταῦτα, ὅτι διὰ τὴν φιλοστοργίαν καὶ παρὰ τὸ δέον αὐτῷ πείσεται.

...(?? ) ? phílon tékos : prosagōgà taŷta, hóti dià tḕn philostorgían kaì parà tò déon autôi peísetai.

...b (BE 3) T dear child: these are winning words, because on account of philostorgia he will comply with him even beyond what is proper.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 9 481b (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...μονογενεῖς φιλοῦνται, μὴ μεριζομένης εἰς πολλοὺς τῆς φιλοστοργίας .

...monogeneîs philoŷntai, mḕ merizoménēs eis polloỳs tês philostorgías .

...only children are loved, the philostorgia not being divided among many.

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Scholia-Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-ae, ref. 9 481b (form: φιλοστοργίᾳ)

...: εὖ τὸ μὴ ἀρκεσθῆναι τῇ τῶν πατέρων πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς φιλοστοργίᾳ καίτοι ὑπερβολὴν μὴ δεχομένῃ, ἀλλ’ ἐπενέγκαι τὸ...

...: eŷ tò mḕ arkesthênai têi tôn patérōn pròs toỳs yhioỳs philostorgíāi kaítoi hyperbolḕn mḕ dechoménēi, all' epenénkai tò...

...i: it is well not to have been content with the philostorgia of fathers toward their sons, even though it admits of no excess, but to have added the word 'only'...

noun attestation; grammar.

Homer Commentary, Old Scholia on Iliad, Eulogikon: vta-af, ref. 9 482bis (form: φιλοστοργίας)

μοῦνον, τηλύγετον μᾶλλον γὰρ οἱ μονογενεῖς φιλοῦνται— φιλοστοργίας , καὶ μᾶλλον εἰ τηλύγετος, ὅ ἐστι ὁ τῆς γονῆς τέλος—...

moŷnon, tēlýgeton mâllon gàr ohi monogeneîs philoŷntai philostorgías , kaì mâllon ei tēlýgetos, hó esti ho tês gonês télos ...

...only child, the tēlygetos, for only children are loved more, philostorgias, and more so if he is a tēlygetos, which is the last of the offspring...

noun attestation; grammar.

Seguerian Lexicons, Anonymous Anti-Atticist, Eulogikon: vtu-ac, ref. alpha 78 (form: φιλοστοργία)

...Ἀντιλογῆσαι : Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις. Ἀστοργία, φιλοστοργία , στοργή : Ἀντιφῶν ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς...

...Antilogêsai : Aristophánēs Nephélais. Astorgía, philostorgía , storgḗ : Antiphôn en deutérōi perì tês rhētorikês...

...of Neptinus. Antilogēsai: Aristophanes in the Clouds. Astorgia, philostorgia, storgē: Antiphon in the second book of the rhetorical art...

noun attestation; grammar.

Byzantine lexicographic and scholia attestations

Great Etymological Work, Great Etymological Work, Eulogikon: xie-aa, ref. φ 152 (form: Φιλοστοργότερος)

Φιλοστοργότερος Ἀπὸ τοῦ φιλόστοργος. Οὐ γάρ ἐστι σύνθετον, ἀλλὰ...

Philostorgóteros Apò toŷ philóstorgos. Oy gár esti sýntheton, allà...

Philostorgoteros: from philostorgos. For it is not a compound, but a parasyn...

adjective attestation; lexicography.

Great Etymological Work, Great Etymological Work, Eulogikon: xie-aa, ref. φ 152 (form: φιλόστοργος)

Φιλοστοργότερος Ἀπὸ τοῦ φιλόστοργος . Οὐ γάρ ἐστι σύνθετον, ἀλλὰ παρασύνθετον. Εἰ γὰρ ἦν...

Philostorgóteros Apò toŷ philóstorgos . Oy gár esti sýntheton, allà parasýntheton. Ei gàr ên...

Philostorgoteros: from philostorgos. For it is not a compound, but a parasyntheton. For if it were s...

adjective attestation; lexicography.

Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon, Part 2 (Epsilon–Omega), Eulogikon: woy-an, ref. omicron 356 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ὁ παρατυχών· λέγουσι δ’ ὅταν τὴν προσπάθειαν καὶ τὸ φιλόστοργον δηλώσηι, οὐχ ὁ τυχών. Ὅτωι γὰρ φίλον : ωἷ τινι...

...ho paratychṓn· légousi d' hótan tḕn prospátheian kaì tò philóstorgon dēlṓsēi, ouch ho tychṓn. Otōi gàr phílon : ōhî tini...

...the one who happened to be present; but they use it when it indicates attachment and the philostorgon, not just any chance person. For 'to whom it is dear' means: to whoever it is pleasing...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon, Part 2 (Epsilon–Omega), Eulogikon: woy-an, ref. pi 459 (form: φιλοστοργούντων)

...παρακεῖσθαι· τιθέασι δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν εὐνοούντων καὶ φιλοστοργούντων . Προσεχές : ἐγγύς. Πρὸς ζόφον : πρὸς δυσμάς....

...parakeîsthai· tithéasi dè kaì epì tôn eunooúntōn kaì philostorgoúntōn . Prosechés : engýs. Pròs zóphon : pròs dysmás....

...of lying beside; they apply it also to those who are well-disposed and philostorgounton. Adjacent: near. Toward the gloom: toward the west. Prosēgla...

verb attestation; grammar.

Suda, Lexicon, Letter Α, Eulogikon: wus-aa, ref. α 3415 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...πάντας τούτους ἀνυπέρβλητον ἐφύλαξεν εὔνοιαν καὶ φιλοστοργίαν μέχρι τελευτῆς, καίτοι χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον ὑπερβιώσασα...

...pántas toútous anypérblēton ephýlaxen eúnoian kaì philostorgían méchri teleutês, kaítoi chrónon ouk olígon hyperbiṓsasa...

...toward all these he preserved an unsurpassable goodwill and philostorgia until death, even though he had survived them for no small amount of time...

noun attestation; grammar.

Suda, Lexicon, Letter Ι, Eulogikon: wus-ai, ref. ι 501 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...οὗτος εὐηρέστησε τῷ θεῷ· διὰ δὲ τὴν πρὸς Ἀχαὰβ φιλοστοργίαν ἔφη πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἰηοῦ ὁ προφήτης, ὁ τοῦ Ἀνανή· βασιλεῦ...

...ohŷtos euēréstēse tôi theôi· dià dè tḕn pròs Achaàb philostorgían éphē pròs autòn Iēoŷ ho prophḗtēs, ho toŷ Ananḗ· basileŷ...

...king. This man was pleasing to God; but on account of the philostorgia toward Ahab, Jehu the prophet, the son of Hanani, said to him: O king,...

noun attestation; grammar.

Suda, Lexicon, Letter Π, Eulogikon: wus-ap, ref. π 1685 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ἔδειξε δὲ μάλιστα τὸ περὶ αὐτὴν τοῦ βασιλέως φιλόστοργον ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ βασιλέως, ἣν κατὰ Ἀντιοχέων ὠργίσθη, δι’...

...édeixe dè málista tò perì autḕn toŷ basiléōs philóstorgon hē orgḕ toŷ basiléōs, hḕn katà Antiochéōn ōrgísthē, di'...

...died. The philostorgon of the king toward her was shown most of all by the anger of the king, which he directed against the Antiochenes, on account of which...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Suda, Lexicon, Letter Τ, Eulogikon: wus-as, ref. τ 553 (form: φιλόστοργον)

...ὃς τὸν ὄγκον τῆς τυραννίδος μισήσας καὶ πρὸς τὸ φιλόστοργον τῶν ὁμοφύλων ἀναδραμὼν εἵλετο βασιλεύειν αὐτῷ τὸ...

...hòs tòn ónkon tês tyrannídos misḗsas kaì pròs tò philóstorgon tôn homophýlōn anadramṑn ehíleto basileúein autôi tò...

...who, having hated the weight of tyranny and having turned back toward the philostorgon of his kinsmen, chose to have his subjects ruled for their own benefit...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey, Eulogikon: xpw-ac, ref. Od.1.363 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...ἐδόκει γὰρ τοῖς παλαιοῖς μέγα τι καὶ τὴν ἐκ φύσεως φιλοστοργίαν εἰς ὁμοφροσύνην συμβάλλεσθαι. Ἀλκιβιάδην μέντοι...

...edókei gàr toîs palaioîs méga ti kaì tḕn ek phýseōs philostorgían eis homophrosýnēn symbállesthai. Alkibiádēn méntoi...

...For it seemed to the ancients that the philostorgia arising from physis also contributes greatly to harmony of mind. Alcibiades, however, went beyond...

noun attestation; grammar.

Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey, Eulogikon: xpw-ac, ref. Od.2.112 (form: φιλοστοργίας)

...ηὔξηται. παῖδα γὰρ ὑποτίθεται πρὸς ἔνδειξιν πολλῆς φιλοστοργίας , καὶ αὐτὸν φιλούμενον πατρὶ καὶ ἐκ γῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς...

...ēýxētai. paîda gàr hypotíthetai pròs éndeixin pollês philostorgías , kaì autòn philoúmenon patrì kaì ek gês allodapês...

...has grown. For he presents a child as a demonstration of great philostorgia, one who is himself beloved by his father and who has come from a foreign land...

noun attestation; grammar.

Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey, Eulogikon: xpw-ac, ref. Od.2.113 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...γέγραπται ἀλλαχοῦ. Σημείωσαι δ’ ἐν τούτοις τὴν φιλοστοργίαν Εὐμαίου, εἴ γε τὸν συχνὰ ἐρχόμενον σπάνιον αὐτῷ θέαν...

...gégraptai allachoŷ. Sēmeíōsai d' en toútois tḕn philostorgían Eymaíou, eí ge tòn sychnà erchómenon spánion autôi théan...

...has been written fittingly elsewhere. Note in these passages the philostorgia of Eumaios, since the one who comes frequently is a rare sight for him...

noun attestation; grammar.

Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey, Eulogikon: xpw-ac, ref. Od.2.131 (form: φιλοστοργίαν)

...δὲ πολλάκι γούνασιν ἐφέζεσθαι καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, μέγα εἰς φιλοστοργίαν εἶναι δοκεῖ τοῖς φρονοῦσι διὰ τὴν εἰς αὐτοὺς...

...dè polláki goúnasin ephézesthai kaì tà hexês, méga eis philostorgían eînai dokeî toîs phronoŷsi dià tḕn eis autoỳs...

...The fact of sitting often upon the knees, and what follows, is thought by those of sound judgement to be of great weight for philostorgia, because of the childlike attachment toward them...

noun attestation; grammar.

Pseudo-Zonaras, Lexicon, Eulogikon: yem-aa, ref. phi 1810 (form: Φιλόστοργοι)

.... τόπος. καὶ φυτὸν ἔχον φλοιὸν βίβλῳ παπύρου ὅμοιον. Φιλόστοργοι . φιλίαν τηροῦντες. Φιάλη . παρὰ τὸ πίνω, κατὰ...

.... tópos. kaì phytòn échon phloiòn bíblōi papýrou hómoion. Philóstorgoi . philían tēroŷntes. Phiálē . parà tò pínō, katà...

...a . tópos. and a plant having bark similar to the papyrus scroll. Philostorgoi . those who keep friendship. Phiálē . from pínō, by transposition...

adjective attestation; grammar.

Distribution summary

The philostorg- family appears in 98 authors from Zeno of Rhodes (fl. -523) through Eustathius of Thessalonica (fl. 1194): 356 indexed units on this page (38 curated stations plus 318 register entries). The adjective philostorgos is well-attested across twenty-four inflected forms. The verb philostorgeō occurs in inflected participial forms (philostorgein, philostorgountes) but not as the dictionary headword. The adverb philostorgōs and privative aphilostorgos appear in the Stoic core (Epictetus, Marcus).

The Stoic contribution is distinctive and consistent across three centuries: philostorgia is natural (physikē) but only in the virtuous (spoudaioi), not in the base (phauloi), Chrysippus fr. 731. It is governed by orthos logos (Chrysippus fr. 292), can become excessive and harmful (Antipater), and must be compatible with the freedom of proairesis (Epictetus 3.24). It grounds social institutions (Arius Didymus) and is listed among the virtues (Marcus Aurelius). It is not a mere instinct but a rational affection, a cultivated intensity (ekteneia) of the soul's social nature.

The term's absence from Aristotle, Plato, and the classical philosophical canon is notable. It emerges in the 4th century BCE and is systematised by the Stoics as a technical ethical term. The Pythagoreans (Theano, Aresas) use it earlier but without the rational-natural framework the Stoics provide.

Closely related terms: storgē (familial affection), philia (friendship), agapē (love as like-mindedness), and philanthropia (love of humanity).

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