ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΩΡ, φιλομητωρ
PHILOMĒTŌR, philomētōr
Sounds Like: fee-lo-MAY-tor
Translations: mother-loving, fond of one's mother
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΜΗΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'mother-loving' or 'fond of one's mother'. It describes someone who has a strong affection for their mother. It is often used as an epithet or title, particularly for rulers, to signify their devotion to their mother or to a maternal figure, or sometimes to imply a connection to a goddess. In the provided examples, it is used as an epithet for Ptolemy.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s numbers: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΜΗΤΗΡ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡ — mother-loving, fond of one's mother
- ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΕΣ — mother-loving, fond of one's mother, devoted to one's mother
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