lovely, fascinating, charming, of persons, Hdt. 2.135, Aeschin. 2.42; of things, ἔπη καὶ ἔργα X. Smp. 8.15 ( Comp., codd.); ποίησις Isoc. 10.65: Sup. -ότατος X. Hier. 1.35. Adv. -τως, γράφειν D.H. Lys. 11, cf. Alciphr. 2.1, Philostr. VA 6.3.
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passion or feeling, to be affected in a certain way, be (or come to be) in a certain state of mind, οἱ Καμαριναῖοι ἐπεπόνθεσαν τοιόνδε Th. 6.88, cf. 1.80, D. 20.56 ; ὅ τι μὲν ὑμεῖς πεπόνθατε ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν κατηγόρων οὐκ οἶδα Pl. Ap. 17a, cf. 21c, 22c, Alc. 1.118b, Smp. 198c ; π. τι πρός τινας Isoc. 2.42, Pl. Grg. 485b, cf. X. Smp. 4.11, 8.15, etc. ; τι ἔς τινας Th. 6.11 : sts. with Adj., ὑϊκὸν πάσχει he is swinishly disposed, X. Mem. 1.2.30 : abs., ὁ πάσχων the man of feeling or impulse, ὁ μὴ πάσχων the un impassioned man, Arist. MM 1203b21.
affectionate regard, friendship (not in A. or S.), usu. betw. equals, ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φ. Thgn. 306, IG 1(2).1037; ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι φ. Hdt. 7.130; εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλίας ἀνακίρνασθαι E. Hipp. 254 (anap.), cf. Democr. 109, al., Hippias 17, Antipho Soph. 64 (pl.), And. 3.29, Pl. Smp. 179c, etc.; φιλίας, inscr. on a bowl (perh. loving-cup), BSA 32.194 (Haliartus, Hellenistic), etc.; ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς φ. διὰ τὸ ἁγνὴ εἶναι, opp. ἔρως, X. Smp. 8.15, cf. Pl. Phdr. 255e; opp. ἔχθρα, Isoc. 1.33, Plot. 3.2.2; ἡ φ. τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν Ep.Jac. 4.4; opp. μῖσος, Isoc. 15.122; φ. θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων Pl. Smp. 188d; of family affection, X. Hier. 3.7 (pl.); ἐν ταῖς φ. in the family circle, Arist. Po. 1453b19; of the regard of dependents towards their superiors, X. An. 1.6.3; φ. ἡ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Isoc. 16.28; of friendship between States, ἐχρημάτισε περὶ φιλίας τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις Th. 5.5; φ. καὶ ξυμμαχία Id. 6.34; τῆς φ. ἀφέσθαι, τὴν φ. διαλύσασθαι, of communities, Isoc. 6.11, 14.33: various εἴδη distd. by Arist. EN 1156a7 ff.; by the Stoics, Stoic. 3.24, 27, 181: phrases, φ. πρός τινας ποιήσασθαι X. Mem. 2.6.29; παρά τινων φ. λαβεῖν Id. Cyr. 3.1.28; τισὶ διὰ φιλίας ἰέναι Id. An. 3.2.8; εἰς φ. ἰτέον, ἔρχεται, Pl. Phdr. 237c, Ly. 214d; ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἐν φ. PMich.Zen. 33.3 (iii B. C.); ἀνανεούμενος τὴν φ. καὶ ξενίαν τὴν πρότερον ὑπάρχουσαν Isoc. Ep. 7.13; προλιπόνθʼ ἡμετέρην φ. Thgn. 1102; ἔλιπε φ. E. Alc. 930 (lyr.); τῆς φ. ἐξίστασθαί τινι Lys. 8.18: with Preps., διὰ φιλίας Pl. Plt. 304e; μετὰ φιλίας X. Mem. 1.2.10; διὰ φιλίαν, v. infr.; κατὰ φιλίαν Pl. Lg. 823b:—the person is commonly expressed by πρός τινα, Isoc. 5.32; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id. 9.57, etc.; less freq. εἰς ἀλλήλους E. Hipp. (v. supr.); also by object. gen., διὰ φιλίαν αὐτοῦ through friendship for him, Th. 1.91; φ. ξυνετοῦ friendship with a wise man, Democr. 98; so ἡμετέρη φ. friendship with us, Thgn. 600, 1102 (v. supr.), Isoc. 6.11 (v. supr.); φιλία ἡ σή X. An. 7.7.29, E. Or. 138, etc.: pl., φ. ἰσχυραί Hdt. 3.82, Pl. Smp. 182c.