A.loving mankind, humane, benevolent, tender-hearted, and, in weaker sense, kind, courteous, Epich.[274]; “φ. καὶ φιλαθήναιος καὶ φιλόσοφος” Isoc.Ep. 5.2; “φ. καὶ φιλόπολις” Id.2.15; “δημοτικὸς καὶ φ.” X.Mem.1.2.60; “ψυχὴν φιλανθρωπότατος” Id.Cyr.1.2.1; φ. δὲ παύεσθαι τρόπου, of Prometheus, A.Pr.11, cf. 28; of animals that attach themselves to men, as of dogs, gentle, X.Cyn.6.25; of horses, Id.Eq.2.3; τὸ φιλάνθρωπον, = φιλανθρωπία, Plu.Cat.Ma.3, etc.; “τὸ φ. καὶ μεταδοτικόν” Phld.Oec.p.54J.; τὰ φιλάνθρωπα humane treatment, “τῶν φ. τυχεῖν” PCair.Zen.638.13 (iii B. C.); kindnesses, Plb.10.38.3, 12.5.3, etc.
II. of things, humane, humanizing, “χάρις δικαία καὶ φ.” E.Fr.953.41; “γεωργία” X.Oec.19.17; “ψηφίσματα” Id.Vect.3.6; “λόγοι” D.45.4; τρόπος, in Music, Plu.2.1135c, etc.; of wines, generous, Id.Cleom.13 (Comp.), cf. 2.680b.
2. appealing to human feeling, of situations, Arist.Po.1452b38, al. (less prob., satisfying the sense of poetic justice).
3. Medic., of diet, generous, τροφὴ -οτέρα, opp. ὀλίγη, Gal.1.211; but of a medical treatise, popular, Id.15.551 (Comp.).
III. φιλάνθρωπα, τά, concessions, grants, privileges, immunities, OGI221.14 (Ilium, iii B. C.), PCair.Zen.37.11 (iii B. C.), SIG548.3 (Delph., iii B. C.), Plb.4.26.8, UPZ162v 22, al. (ii B. C.), OGI331.42 (Pergam., ii B. C.), Epist.Jul.Caes. ap. J.AJ14.10.2, D.S.32.4, etc.; Thess. φιλάνθρουπα IG9(2).517.16 (Larissa, iii B. C.).
b. sg., benefaction, endowment, gratuity, BGU1202.10 (i B. C.), Mon.Anc.Gr.9.10, etc.
c. sg., letter expressing friendly feelings, PSI4.439.32, PCair.Zen.56.10 (both iii B. C.).
IV. Adv., “-ως τινὶ κεχρῆσθαι” D.19.225; “φ. διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα” Plb.1.68.13; “φ. καὶ δημοτικῶς” D.24.24; “θεοφιλῶς καὶ φ.” Isoc.9.43, cf. 15.132, Phld. Herc.1251.14, etc.: Sup. “-ότατα” D.24.191, D.C.69.2.
V. φι^λάνθρωπ-ον , τό, = ἀπαρίνη, Dsc.3.90, Plin.HN24.176; φιλανθρώπειος βοτάνη in Archig. ap. Gal.12.574.