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θεοφιλ-ής

theophiles

dear to the gods, highly favoured

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Where it lives

Euthyphro 18 · 34.81/10k
Apology 1 · 5/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Philebus 2 · 1.13/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Republic 8 · 0.9/10k
Memorabilia 3 · 0.84/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

dear to the gods, highly favoured, a mark of divine favour, as the gods will

dear to the gods, highly favoured, of persons, Hdt. 1.87, Democr. 217, Pl. R. 382e, Phlb. 39e, etc.; of Moses, Ph. 2.218 (Sup.); as honorary epith. in Egypt, Sammelb. 421 (Sup.), al.; also, of places, etc., πόλις Pi. I. 6(5).66; Ἄργος B. 10.60; πόλιν . . θεοφιλεστάτην Eup. 307; χώρα A. Eu. 869 (Sup.); τύχαι Id. Fr. 350.3; ἑορτή Ar. Ra. 446; μοῖρα X. Ap. 32; ἐπιτήδευμα Isoc. 8.35 (Comp.), cf. Pl. Euthphr. 7a; θεοφιλές [ἐστιν] εἰ . .ʼ tis a mark of divine favour, if . . , Plu. Aud.poet. 2.30f. Adv

II loving God

Act., loving God, Ph. 2.415, Luc. JTr. 47 (Sup.), Agath. 3.13, Cod.Just. 1.1.5.4 (Sup.). Adv. ἡ πόλις οὐ μόνον -λῶς ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλανθρώπως ἔσχεν Isoc. 4.29, cf. Poll. 1.22.

In the wild

θεοφιλεστάτης · theophilestatēs Aeschylus, Eumenides 866–869
θεοφιλέστατος · theophilestatos Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1179a (DIORISIS sentence 3785)
θεοφιλέστατος · theophilestatos Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1179a (DIORISIS sentence 3788)
θεοφιλέστατος · theophilestatos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 944)
θεοφιλὴς · theophilēs Herodotus, Histories 1.87.2 (DIORISIS sentence 615)
θεοφιλῶς · theophilōs Plato, Alcibiades 1 134

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