φίλτρον

Ancient Greek

From φῐλέω (phĭléō, “to love; to kiss”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).

φῐ́λτρον • (phĭ́ltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension

a magical means of causing love, such as a love charm or love potion
(generally) charm; spell
(in the plural) love; affection
(anatomy) philtrum (the shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip)
synonym of στᾰφῠλῖνος (stăphŭlînos, a type of insect about the size of a beetle)

Second declension of τὸ φῐ́λτρον; τοῦ φῐ́λτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phĭ́ltron	τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phĭ́ltrō	τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tằ phĭ́ltră
Genitive	τοῦ φῐ́λτρου toû phĭ́ltrou	τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phĭ́ltroin	τῶν φῐ́λτρων tôn phĭ́ltrōn
Dative	τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ tōî phĭ́ltrōi	τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phĭ́ltroin	τοῖς φῐ́λτροις toîs phĭ́ltrois
Accusative	τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phĭ́ltron	τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phĭ́ltrō	τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tằ phĭ́ltră
Vocative	φῐ́λτρον phĭ́ltron	φῐ́λτρω phĭ́ltrō	φῐ́λτρᾰ phĭ́ltră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“φίλτρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- charm idem, page 126.
- enchantment idem, page 270.
- fascination idem, page 308.
- love idem, page 502.
- philtre idem, page 610.
- potion idem, page 629.
- spell idem, page 801.