Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.loving tenderly, affectionate, freq. of family affection, X.Cyr.1.3.2, Theoc.18.13, etc.; of a nurse, Sor.1.88; of horses, Arist.HA611a12; “γένος ἀετῶν πρὸς τοὺς τρέφοντας φ.” Ael.NA2.40; title of two queens named Athenais, IG22.3426.3, 3428.5; “φ. εἰς ἀλλήλους” Ep.Rom.12.10; “περί τινα” Plu. Cleom.1 (dub. constr.); “φ. πρὸς τὰ τηλικαῦτα” Id.2.608c: Comp., nihil “-ότερον” Cic.Att.13.9.1: Sup., “-οτάτη διαφερόντως πρός τινα” OGI 331.46 (Pergam., ii B. C.):—τὸ φ., = φιλοστοργία, X.Ages.8.1, Plu.Sol. 7; “τὸ ποτὶ τὰν πατρίδα φ.” Abh.Berl.Akad.1925(5).28 (Cyrene, i B. C./i A. D.). Adv. “-γως” Arist.HA621a29; “εὐσεβῶς τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διακείμενος καὶ φ. πρὸς τοὺς γονεῖς” OGI229.6 (Smyrna, iii B. C.), cf. BMus.Inscr.925b12 (Branchidae, i B. C.), Plu.Fab.21; φ. ἔχειν πρός . . J.AJ4.6.8; literae “φ.” scriptae, Cic.Att.15.17.2: Comp. “-ότερον” Gp.16.21.6: Sup. “-ότατα” Iamb.VP7.34.