φιλέλλην

A. fond of the Hellenes, mostly of foreign princes, as Amasis, Hdt. 2.178, cf. Plu. Ant. 23; of Parthian kings, BMus.Cat.Coins, Parthia p.14, etc.; φ. Ἀρσάκης PAvrom. 1 A 2 (i B. C.); also of Nero, SIG 814.41 (Acraephiae, i A. D.); also of Hellenic tyrants, as Jason of Pherae, Isoc. 5.122: generally of Hellenic patriots, Pl. R. 470e; of Hippocrates, Sor. Vit.Hippocr. 8; καλὸν Ἕλληνα ὄντα φιλέλληνα εἶναι X. Ages. 7.4; μᾶλλον φ. ib.2.31, Isoc. 4.96; μάλιστα φ., of the subjects of Evagoras, Id. 9.50; coupled with φιλοβασιλεύς, Com.Adesp. in Gött.Nachr. 1922.31.