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φι^λοκα^λ-έω ,
A.love the beautiful, Th.2.40; “φιλοκαλεῖν τὴν φύσιν . . εἰκός ἐστι” Chrysipp.Stoic.2.334.
2. to be enthusiastic, esp. for the beautiful or the good, “περὶ τὰς εὐωχίας λαμπρυνόμενοι” Str.14.1.20; εἰς ταύτην τὴν ἐπιβολήν this project (sc. of a beautiful tomb), D.S.1.66, cf. 13.90; “περὶ παιδοτροφίαν” J.Ap.1.12; “περὶ τὴν τῶν λόγων ἐμπειρίαν” D.Chr.18.1: c. inf., “φ. Ἑλληνικαῖς φυτείαις διακοσμῆσαι τὰ βασίλεια” Plu.Alex.35.
3. beautify, elaborate, “τὰ περὶ τὴν ἐκφορὰν βασιλικῶς” D.S.20.37; τοῖς πλούτοις πεφιλοκαληκότων [τὰς κτήσεις] πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν ib.8; in literary style, study effect, Philostr.VS2.4.2.
4. Arithm., elaborate, work out a calculation, “ὡς ἔνεστί τινα δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ φιλοκαλήσαντα κατανοῆσαι” Iamb. in Nic.p.110 P., cf. p.98 P.
5. repair, put in good order, “φ. καὶ βελτιοῦν” PLond.3.1044.22 (vi A. D.): —Pass., of a church, Palestine Dept. of Antiquities Quarterly 3.97 (vi A. D.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 13.90
    • Strabo, Geography, 14.1.20
    • Flavius Josephus, Against Apion, 1.12
    • Plutarch, Alexander, 35
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.40
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 1.66
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 20.37
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Lives of the Sophists, 2.4.2
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