The word and meaning of love
| 11:58 May 23, 2001 |
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| na | αγάπη - φιλία - αγαπώ |
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| na | Different nouns for "love" in ancient Greek shown below. |
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αγάπη - φιλία - αγαπώ Explanation: αγάπη - φιλία - αγαπώ = love - friendship - to love Let me explain Intimate Love = αγάπη = agapi = love If you mean love/sex = έρωτας = erotas Friendship Love = φιλία = filia = friendship To have love for an animal = αγαπώ τα ζώα = agapo ta zoa = I love animals To have love for cultural arts = αγαπώ τις τεχνες = agapo tis tekhnes = I love the fine Arts "agapo" is a verb, the verb "to love" "agapi" is the general term and can be used in all circumstances fluent Greek |
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Different nouns for "love" in ancient Greek shown below. Explanation: The situation is much more complex than you imagine. Furthermore, Greek uses variable forms of any given noun or verb, so in any correct usage you must know ancient Greek grammar, and not merely Greek vocabulary, to produce a comprehensible Greek expression. There are five widely used words in ancient Greek that have some correspondence with the English term "love". The first two, AGAPE^ and PHILIA match it most closely, and they overlap with each other quite a bit in ancient usage. (There is no magic about words and meanings...only the way people actually use them.) I would use AGAPE^ for love toward a lover, an animal, or maybe for friends, PHILIA for love for friends or for ideas (the arts), and ERO^S for love toward a physical lover or a spouse (but never anything else). The terms are... PHILIA: "love (for friends, family, one's equals, or things), friendship, fondness" [associated verb is PHILO^/PHILEO^] AGAPE^: "love, affection (toward one's equals or inferiors), delight" [associated verb is AGAPO^/AGAPAO^] ERO^S: "sexual love, sexual passion, desire" [associated verb is ERO^/ERAO^] POTHOS: "desire, yearning, passion" [associated verb is POTHO^/POTHEO^] STORGE^: "maternal love, parental love (toward children)" [associated verb is STERGO^] Ph. D. in ancient Greek |
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