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φίλτρον , τό, (φιλέω)
A.love-charm, whether a potion, or any other means, “ἔστιν . . φίλτρα μοι θελκτήρια ἔρωτος” E.Hipp.509, cf. Ph.1260, Andr.540 (anap.), Arist.MM1188b32, Theoc.2.1, Dsc.2.164, Alciphr. 1.37, etc.; “οὐκ ἐπὶ θανάτῳ διδόναι [φάρμακον] ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ φίλτροις” Antipho 1.9: of the robe of Nessus by which Deïanira hoped to win back the love of Hercules, S.Tr.584, 1142.
2. generally, charm, spell, “οἱ φ. ἐν θυμῷ ὕμνοι τίθεν” Pi.P.3.64; φ. ἵππειον, of the bit, Id.O.13.68; φίλτρα τόλμης spells to produce boldness, of oracles, A.Ch.1029; “δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν καὶ φέρει φ. μέγα” E.IA917, cf. Fr.103 (anap.), HF 1407; “αἱ ξυγγενεῖς ὁμιλίαι . . φ. οὐ σμικρὸν φρενῶν” Id.Tr.52; of ἀρεταί, Id.Andr.207; “φίλτρα γάμου” AP9.422 (Apollonid.); “ἕν ἐστ᾽ ἀληθὲς φ. εὐγνώμων τρόπος” Men.646; εἰρήνης φ. a charm to promote peace (i.e. γεωργία), Plu.Num.16; [“παῖδες] νήπιοι ψυχῆς εἰσιν ἰσχυρὰ φ. ἐξομηρεύσασθαι δυνάμενα στρατηγὸν πρὸς πατρίδα” Onos.1.12.
3. love, affection, in pl., “τὰ θεῶν δὲ φίλτρα φροῦδα Τροίᾳ” E.Tr.859 (lyr.), cf. El. 1309 (anap.), AP7.623 (Aemil.): also in sg., “τὸ πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα φ.” SIG876.7 (Smyrna, Epist.Severi et Caracallae); “πᾶσι δὲ φ. κάλλιπεν” AP15.45, cf. Ael.NA10.17, Opp.C.3.108, Lib.Or.3.22; “τὸ πρὸς ἀμφοτέρους φ.” Id.Ep.297.1.
II. dimple in the upper lip, Bion 1.48, Ruf.Onom.39, Poll.2.90.
III. = σταφυλῖνος, Eust.1163.9.
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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