φίλος .φίλος, η, ον ι short: but voc. φίλε with ῑ in Hom. pass. loved, beloved, dear, Lat. amicus, carus, Hom., etc.; c. dat. dear to one, Hom.; voc. φίλε may be used with neut. nouns, φίλε τέκνον Od.; a gen. was sometimes added to the voc., φίλʼ ἀνδρῶν Theocr.; ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν Eur.:—often as Subst., φίλος, a friend, Hom.:—proverb., ἔστιν ὁ φ. ἄλλος αὐτός a friend is another self, Arist.; κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων Plat.:—so in fem. φίλη, a dear one, friend, Lat. amica, Hom., Attic:— φίλον, ου, an object of love, Soph.; τὰ φίλτατα oneʼs nearest and dearest, such as wife and children, Trag. of things, dear, pleasant, welcome, Hom.:—as predic., φίλον ἐστί or γίγνεταί μοι ʼtis dear to me, pleases me, Lat. cordi est, Hom., Hdt., etc.; εἰ τόδʼ αὐτῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ if it please him to be so called, Aesch. in Poets, φίλος is used of oneʼs own limbs, life, etc., φίλον δʼ ἐξαίνυτο θυμόν he took away dear life, Il.; φίλον ἦτορ, φίλα γούνατα, πατὴρ φίλος, φίλη ἄλοχος Hom.; φίλην ἄγεσθαι to take as his own wife, Il. in act. sense, like φίλιος, loving, friendly, Hom.; c. gen., φίλαν ξένων ἄρουραν friendly to strangers, Pind.; φίλα φρονέειν τινί to feel kindly, Il.; φ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι to make friends with one, Hdt. adv. φίλως, φίλως χʼ ὁρόῳτε ye would fain see it, Il.; φ. ἐμοί in a manner dear or pleasing to me, Aesch.; φ. δέχεσθαί τινα Xen. φίλος has several forms of comparison: comp. φιλίων [ῐ], on, Od. comp. φίλτερος, Sup. φίλτατος, v. sub vocc. comp. φιλαίτερος, Sup. φιλαίτατος, Xen., Theocr. in Attic μᾶλλον φίλος Aesch., etc.; Sup. μάλιστα φ. Xen.