ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΝ, φιλτατον
PHILTATON, philtaton
Sounds Like: PHIL-tah-ton
Translations: dearest, most beloved, a dearest thing
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'. Therefore, 'φίλτατον' translates to 'dearest' or 'most beloved'. It is used to express the highest degree of affection or closeness, often referring to something or someone held in the highest regard. In this form, it is neuter singular, which can refer to a 'dearest thing' or be used adverbially.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Superlative
Strong’s number: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 8:269
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΟΙΦΙΛΟΙ — friends, the friends, beloved ones
- ΤΟΙΣΦΙΛΟΙΣ — to the friends, to the beloved ones, to the dear ones
- ΤΟΥΣΦΙΛΟΥΣ — the friends, friends
- ΦΙΛΑ — dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, things that are dear, things that are friendly
- ΦΙΛΑΙΣ — (to) friends, (to) dear ones, (to) loved ones
- ΦΙΛΗ — friend, a friend, beloved, dear, loving, friendly
- ΦΙΛΗΝ — friend, a friend, dear one, a dear one, beloved, a beloved
- ΦΙΛΙΟΝ — friendly, beloved, dear, a friend, a beloved one, a dear one
- ΦΙΛΟΙ — friends, a friend, friendly
- ΦΙΛΟΙΣ — to friends, for friends, with friends
- ΦΙΛΟΝ — dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, a dear one, a loved one
- ΦΙΛΟΝʼ — friend, a friend, beloved, dear, friendly
- ΦΙΛΟΣ — dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, a lover
- ΦΙΛΟΥ — of a friend, of a beloved one, of a dear one, a friend, a beloved one, a dear one
- ΦΙΛΟΥΣ — friends, beloved ones, dear ones, beloved, dear
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΙ — dearest, most beloved, very dear, the dearest ones
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΙΣ — (to) the dearest, (to) the most beloved, (to) the most friendly
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΣ — dearest, most beloved, most friendly
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΥΣ — dearest, most beloved, most friendly, the dearest ones, the most beloved ones
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΩ — (to) dearest, (to) most beloved, (to) most friendly
- ΦΙΛΩΝ — of friends, friends
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