Strong G5373φιλία

φῐλί-α,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (φιλέω) affectionate regard, friendship (not in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus), usually between equals, ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 306, “IG” 12.1037; ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι φ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.130; εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλίας ἀνακίρνασθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 254 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 109, +others, Hippias 17, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 64 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179c, etc.)]; φιλίας, inscription on a bowl (perhaps loving-cup), [Refs (“BSA” 32.194 (Haliartus, Hellenistic))], etc.; ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς φ. διὰ τὸ ἁγνὴ εἶναι, opposed to ἔρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e)]; opposed to ἔχθρα, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.33, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.2.2; ἡ φ. τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν NT.Jam.4.4)]; opposed to μῖσος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.122; φ. θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188d)]; of family affection, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 3.7 (_plural_))]; ἐν ταῖς φ. in the family circle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1453b19)]; of the regard of dependents towards their superiors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.3; φ. ἡ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.28)]; of friendship between States, ἐχρημάτισε περὶ φιλίας τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.5; φ. καὶ ξυμμαχία [prev. author] 6.34)]; τῆς φ. ἀφέσθαι, τὴν φ. διαλύσασθαι, of communities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.11, 14.33: various εἴδη)] distinguished by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1156a7)] ff.; by the Stoics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.24, 27, 181: phrases, φ. πρός τινας ποιήσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.29; παρά τινων φ. λαβεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.1.28; τισὶ διὰ φιλίας ἰέναι [prev. author] “An.” 3.2.8)]; εἰς φ. ἰτέον, ἔρχεται, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237c, “Ly.” 214d; ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἐν φ. “PMich.Zen.” 33.3 (3rd c.BC))]; ἀνανεούμενος τὴν φ. καὶ ζενίαν τὴν πρότερον ὑπάρχουσαν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 7.13; προλιπόνθ᾽ ἡμετέρην φ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1102; ἔλιπε φ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 930 (Lyric poetry); τῆς φ. ἐξίστασθαί τινι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.18: with Preps., διὰ φιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 304e; μετὰ φιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.10)]; διὰ φιλίαν, see below; κατὰ φιλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 823b:—the person is commonly expressed by πρός τινα, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.32; πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. author] 9.57, etc.; less frequently εἰς ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” (see. above))]; also by object. genitive, διὰ φιλίαν αὐτοῦ through friendship for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91)]; φ. ξυνετοῦ friendship with a wise man, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 98)]; so ἡμετέρη φ. friendship with us, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 600, 1102 (see. above), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.11 (see. above); φιλία ἡ σή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.29, E “Or.” 138, etc.: _plural_, φ. ἰσχυραί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c.)]
2 friendliness, amiability, φ. ἄνευ τοῦ στέργειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1126b22, compare 1108a28.)]
3 later, of lovers, fondness, [LXX+6th c.AD+ (LXX.Pro.5.19, “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.8, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.266 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
4 with genitive, of things, fondness, liking for, κέρδους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 581a)]; [τῶν ἀρχῶν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 306a12.)]
5 the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, opposed to νεῖκος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 18, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.268.)]
II [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for three, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 16)] (not for six, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “In Nic.” p.34 P.).)]