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Headword: *fi/los
Adler number: phi,411
Translated headword: dear
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning useful [xrh/simos]. "For what noble man is not dear to himself?" For the good man is useful both to himself and to his friends.
Greek Original:
*fi/los: a)nti\ tou= xrh/simos. ti/s ga\r e)sqlo\s ou)x au(tw=| fi/los; o( ga\r a)gaqo\s au(tw=| te kai\ toi=s fi/lois xrh/simos.
Note:
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 309 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. phi 410.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 23 September 2000@03:38:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 23 September 2000@07:43:25.
David Whitehead (restorative and other cosmetics) on 14 June 2004@08:56:05.
Catharine Roth (added keyword and cross-reference, adjusted link, raised status) on 15 October 2006@01:30:42.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 28 April 2011@10:39:56.

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