ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ, φιλελευθερος
PHILELEUTHEROS, phileleutheros
Sounds Like: fee-leh-LEF-theh-ross
Translations: freedom-loving, liberty-loving, fond of freedom, a freedom-lover
From the root: ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'dear, beloved, friend', and 'ἐλεύθερος' (eleutheros), meaning 'free'. It describes someone who loves freedom or is devoted to liberty. It can be used to characterize a person's disposition or political stance.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΝ — freedom-loving, a freedom-loving thing, liberal, a liberal thing, lover of freedom
- ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΥΣ — freedom-loving, lovers of liberty, fond of freedom
- ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΩΝ — (of) freedom-loving, (of) liberty-loving, (of) fond of freedom, (of) lovers of freedom
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