A.loving one's lord or master, ἀνδράποδα φ. slaves that hug their chains, cringing slaves, Hdt.4.142, cf. Com.Adesp.24.13 D.; “φύσει φ.” D.S.17.66; “φιλόδουλοι καὶ φιλοδέσποτοι” J.BJ4.3.10; “δῆμος φ.” Thgn.849; in good sense, “φ. ἀπελεύθερος” MAMA4.336 (Eumeneia); of dogs, Plu. 2.491c: “τὸ φ.” Luc.Fug.16; “φ. θεραπεῖαι” Ph.1.474: as Subst., title of plays by Timostratus, AB80 (where dat. -τῃ), Theognetus, Ath. 14.616a, and Sogenes, IG22.2323.157.
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