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φιλοφρονέομαι φιλόφρων

1.to treat affectionately, to shew kindness to, τινα Hdt., Plat.; φ. τινα τῆι δικέλληι to entertain him with a blow of the mattock, Luc.
2.c. dat., φιλοφρονήσασθαί τινι to shew a favour to one, Xen.:—aor1 pass. φιλοφρονηθῆναι, in a reciprocal sense, to shew kindness one to another, to greet one another, id=Luc.; so φιλοφρονήσασθαι ἀλλήλους id=Luc.
3.absol. to be of a kindly, cheerful temper, id=Luc.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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