I.loving tenderly, affectionate, esp. of the love of parents and children (postAug.): “philostorgus, cujus rei nomen apud Romanos nullum est,” Front. Ep. ad Amic. 1, 6; cf. id. ib. ad Verum, 7.—
II. Written PHILOSTERGVS, a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 240, 1.