[B-Greek] AGAPAW and FILEW

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Aug 15 11:23:23 EDT 2003


At 6:39 AM -0700 8/15/03, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>Looking through the archives I saw that these two
>words are often used synonymous. But, to the degree
>that they can be used to mean different concepts, does
>this oversimplification seem alright: FILEW generally
>will imply "mutual" or "reciprocal" affection, while
>AGAPAW does not imply "reciprocal" affection.

I would question whether this sort of differentiation can be validated
except in terms of individual instances in context: I don't think it
resides in anything that is conceptual to the verb content. If you can even
call in an "oversimplification," you've suggested that the differentiation
is questionable.
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Carl W. Conrad
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