Perseus analyses of φίλη:

φίλος (beloved, dear): fem nom/voc sg (attic epic ionic)
φῑλη,φῖλος: neut nom/voc/acc pl (attic epic doric)
φῑλη,φῖλος: neut nom/voc/acc dual (doric aeolic)
φιλέω (love, regard with affection): pres imperat act 2nd sg (doric aeolic)
φιλέω (love, regard with affection): imperf ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic)

LSJ entries

φίλος 2

φίλος, η, ον, also ος, ον Pi. O. 2.93: [ῐ: but Hom. uses the voc. φίλε with ῑ at the beginning of a verse, v. infr.].

a. φίλος, ὁ , friend, κουρίδιος φίλος, i.e. husband, Od. 15.22; φίλοι friends, kith and kin, νόσφιφίλων Il. 14.256; τῆλεφίλων Od. 2.333, cf.6.287; φ. μέγιστος my greatest friend, S. Aj. 1331; φίλοι οἱ ἐγγυτάτω, οἱ ἔγγιστα, Lys. 1.41 codd., Plb. 9.24.2; after Hom. freq. with a gen., ὁ Διὸς φίλος A. Pr. 306; τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ φ., τοὺς τούτων φ., Aeschin. 1.47; φ. ἐμός S. Ph. 421; τῶν ἐμῶν φ. ib.509; τοὺς σφετέρους φ. X. HG 4.8.25: prov., ἔστιν ὁ φ. ἄλλος αὐτός a friend is another self, Arist. EN 1166a31; κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φ. Pl. Phdr. 279c, cf. Arist. EN 1159b31; οὐθεὶς φ. ᾧ πολλοὶ φ. Id. EE 1245b20; also of friends or allies, opp. πολέμιοι, X. HG 6.5.48; φ. καὶ σύμμαχος D. 9.12, etc.; of a lover, X. Mem. 3.11.4 (in bad sense, Lac. 2.13); φίλε my friend, as a form of courteous address, Ev.Luc. 14.10, etc.; in relation to things, οἱ μουσικῆς φ. E. Fr. 580.3; ἀληθείας Pl. R. 487a; τῶν εἰδῶν Id. Sph. 248a; Χίους φ. ποιῆσαι Lys. 14.36, etc.; ποιεῖσθαι Luc. Pisc. 38; κτᾶσθαι Isoc. 2.27, cf. Th. 2.40; φίλους τιθέντες τούς γε πολεμιωτάτους E. Hec. 848; φίλῳ χρῆσθαί τινι Antipho 5.63; ἡμᾶς ἔχειν φίλους And. 1.40; for Hdt. 3.49 , v. φίλιος.

b. φίλη, ἡ , dear one, friend, κλῦτε, φίλαι Od. 4.722; λόγοις ἐγὼ φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην S. Ant. 543; of a wife, φίλην τινὰ ἄγεσθαι take as oneʼs wife, Il. 9.146,288; ἡ Ξέρξου φ., of his mother, A. Pers. 832; of a mistress, X. Mem. 2.1.23, 3.11.16; φίλην ποιήσασθαί τινα Antipho 1.14.

c. φίλον, τό , an object of love, τὸ φ. σέβεσθαι to reverence what the city loves, S. OC 187 (lyr.): addressed to persons, darling, φ. ἐμόν Ar. Ec. 952 (lyr.); so φίλτατον ib. 970; τὰ φίλτατα oneʼs nearest and dearest, dear ones, such as wife and children, A. Pers. 851, Eu. 216, S. OT 366, OC 1110, E. Med. 16 : v. φίλτατος; τἀμὰ φίλα, τὰ σὰ φ., Id. Ion 523 (troch.), 613.

d. οἱ πρῶτοι φίλοι, a title at the Ptolemaic court, OGI 99.3, PTeb. 11.4 (ii B. C.), etc.; or simply οἱ φ. τοῦ βασιλέως OGI 100.1; or οἱ φ. alone, ib. 115.4; τῶν φ. και διοικητοῦ one of the kingʼs friends and dioecetes, PTeb. 79.56 (ii B. C.).

b. freq. as predic., φίλον ἐστί or γίγνεταί μοι pleases me, it is after my own heart, εἴ πού τοι φίλον ἐστί Od. 7.320; μὴ φ. Διὶ πατρὶ γένοιτο ib. 316, cf. Il. 7.387; εἰ τόδε πᾶσι φ. καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο 4.17; καί τοι φ. ἔπλετο θυμῷ Od. 13.145, etc.; τοῦτο μὲν ἴτω ὅπῃ τῷ θεῷ φίλον Pl. Ap. 19a: less freq. c. inf., οὐ μὲν Τυδέϊ γʼ ὧδε φίλον πτωσκαζέμεν Il. 4.372; πεφιδέσθαι ἐνὶ φρεσὶ φίλτερον ἦεν Τρώων 21.101, cf. 24.334, Od. 14.378; so ταῦτα δαίμονί κοω φίλον ἦν οὕτω γενέσθαι Hdt. 1.87, cf. 108, 4.97: rarely c. part., εἰ τόδʼ αὐτῷ φιλον κεκλημένῳ if it please him to be so called, A. Ag. 161 (lyr.): agreeing with pl., αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκʼ ἐστὶ φίλα φρεσὶ μαντεύεσθαι Il. 1.107, cf. Od. 17.15; ἔνθα φίλʼ ὀπταλέα κρέα ἔδμεναι Il. 4.345; σοὶ δʼ ἔργα φίλʼ ἔστω μέτρια κοσμεῖν Hes. Op. 306.

d. applied to the numbers 284 and 220, Iamb. in Nic.p.35P.

II. less freq. (chiefly poet.) in act. sense, loving, friendly, Od. 1.313, cf. Il. 24.775: c. gen., φίλαν ξένων ἄρουραν friendly to strangers, Pi. N. 5.8, cf. P. 3.5: of things, kindly, pleasing, φίλα φρεσὶ μήδεα εἰδώς Il. 17.325; φίλα φρονέειν τινί feel kindly, Il. 4.219; φ. ἐργάζεσθαί τινι Od. 24.210; φ. εἰδέναι τινί 3.277; φ. ποιέεσθαί τινι deal with one in friendly fashion, do one a pleasure, Hdt. 2.152, 5.37.

2. fond of a thing, attached to, ἄλλων νόμων Arist. Fr. 543; δειλίας φίλον Pl. R. 604d.

III. Adv. φίλως, once in Hom., φίλως χʼ ὁρόῳτε ye would fain see it, Il. 4.347, cf. Hes. Sc. 45, A. Ag. 247 (lyr.), [1591], etc.; φ. ἐμοί in a manner dear or pleasing to me, ib. 1581.

2. in a friendly, kindly spirit, τήνδε τὴν πόλιν φ. εἰπών S. OC 758; φ. δέχεσθαί τινα X. HG 4.8.5, cf. Pl. Epin. 988c.

IV. φίλος has several forms of comparison:

1. Comp. φιλίων [λῐ], ον , gen. ονος, Od. 19.351, 24.268: Sup. φίλιστος, η , ον , interpol. in S. Aj. 842.

2. Comp. φίλτερος, Sup. φίλτατος, v. sub voce.

3. Comp. φιλαίτερος X. An. 1.9.29, Call. Del. 58: Sup. φιλαίτατος X. HG 7.3.8, Theoc. 7.98.

4. regul. Comp. φιλώτερος X. Mem. 3.11.18 codd., Call. Fr. 146.

5. also as Comp., μᾶλλον φίλος A. Ch. 219, S. Ph. 886; φ. μᾶλλον Thphr. CP 6.1.4; Sup., μάλιστα φ. X. Cyr. 8.1.17.

φῖλος 1

φῖλος, εος, τό,

A. = φιλία, Epigr.Gr. 289.6 (Caria, written φεῖλος).

φῐλέω

φιλέω, Aeol. φίλημμι Sapph. 79, cf. Ead. Oxy. 1787 Fr. 1 + 2.24; 2sg. φίλησθα Ead.22; late 3pl. φίλεισι Epigr.Gr. 990.12 (Balbill.): Boeot. φίλειμι Hdn.Gr.2.930: Ep. inf. φιλήμεναι Il. 22.265: Ion. and Ep. impf. φιλέεσκε 3.388, al.: fut. φιλήσω, Ep. inf. φιλησέμεν Od. 4.171: aor. 1 ἐφίλησα Pi. P. 2.16, etc.: pf. πεφίληκα ib. 1.13:—Med., Poet. 1 aor. ἐφῑλάμην; 3sg. ἐφίλατο, φίλατο, Il. 5.61, 20.304, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.55; 3pl. φίλαντο Lyc. 274; imper. φῖλαι Il. 5.117, 10.280; subj. φίλωνται h.Cer. 117, Hes. Th. 97; but φίλατο as Pass., A.R. 3.66; also part. φιλάμενος IG 14.1549 (Rome):—Pass., fut. Med. φιλήσομαι in pass. sense, Od. 1.123, 15.281, Antipho 1.19: fut. 3 πεφιλήσομαι Call. Del. 270: aor. ἐφιλήθην E. Hec. 1000, Pl. Phdr. 253c: Ep. 3pl. ἐφίληθεν Il. 2.668: pf. πεφίλημαι Pi. N. 4.45, X. An. 1.9.28; Dor. part. πεφιλᾱμένος Theoc. 3.3. [ῐ except in the forms ἐφίλατο, φῑλατο , etc.]: (φίλος):—

A. love, regard with affection, opp. μισεῖν, Pl. R. 334c, Arist. Rh. 1380b34; φιλήσω τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων IG 12.15.36; (on its relation to sexual love v. infr. 3); of the love of gods for men, φ. δέ ἑ μητίετα Ζεύς Il. 2.197; πέρι γάρ μʼ ἐφίλει (of the love of the master for his swineherd) Od. 14.146; (also ὃν περὶ κῆρι φ. Ζεὺς . . παντοίην φιλότητα Od. 15.245, cf. Il. 9.117); μάλα τούς γε φ. ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων Il. 16.94; εἰ . . Ἕκτορά περ φιλέεις καὶ κήδεαι αὐτοῦ 7.204, etc.; of love for a child reared, Od. 15.370; αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκὶ θέλοισα Sapph. 1.23; λόγοις φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην S. Ant. 543; φιλέων φιλέοντα Pi. P. 10.66; ὃν δʼ ἐχρῆν φιλεῖν στυγεῖς A. Ch. 907; μάλιστά σʼ . . ἤχθηρα κἀφίλησʼ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ S. El. 1363; ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος Men. 125; ὅσα θεοὶ ἀνθρώποις οὓς φιλοῦσιν [διδόασιν] SIG 985.48 (Philadelphia, i B. C.); οἱ φιλοῦντές τινα his friends, freq. in messages and letters, OGI 184.10 (Philae, i B. C.), Ep.Tit. 3.15, PSI 8.971.30 (iii/iv A. D.), etc.; φιλεῖν ἐμαυτήν, αὑτόν, E. Hel. 999, Med. 86, etc.:—Pass., to be beloved by one, ἐκ Διός Il. 2.668; παρʼ αὐτῇ 13.627, etc.; τινι E. Hec. 1000.

3. opp. ἐρᾶν, τούτους μάλιστά φασι φιλεῖν ὧν ἂν ἐρῶσι regard with affection those for whom they have a passion, Pl. Phdr. 231c; ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἄν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο ὑπʼ ἀνθρώπων X. Hier. 11.11, cf. Smp. 8.21; εἰκὸς τὸ φιλεῖν τοὺς ἐρωμένους Arist. APr. 70a6; but φ. is used of lovers, ἥ γʼ Εὐρυμάχῳ μισγέσκετο καὶ φιλέεσκεν Od. 18.325; Λυσίθεος Μικίωνα φιλῖν φησι μάλισστα τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει IG 12.924; οὐκ ἔστʼ ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ E. Tr. 1051, cf. Hdt. 4.176 (Pass.), Ar. Lys. 905; of the love of man for wife, ὅς τις ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς . . τὴν αὐτοῦ φιλέει (cherishes her) καὶ κήδεται ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ τὴν ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον Il. 9.343, cf. 486; τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν loved and cherished as his wife, ib.450; but ἐμὲ . . ἀτιμάζει, φιλέει δʼ ἀΐδηλον Ἄρηα (Hephaestus speaks of Aphrodite) Od. 8.309: Com., ὦ Δῆμʼ, ἐραστής εἰμι σὸς φιλῶ τέ σε καὶ κήδομαί σου Ar. Eq. 1341.

b. of sexual intercourse, Hsch. s.v. βαίνειν.

6. of things as the subject, ἡσυχία δὲ φιλεῖ συμπόσιον Pi. N. 9.48; ἢ [μίτρη] μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε Call. Epigr. 39.

2. of things, events, etc., αὔρη ἀπὸ ψυχροῦ τινος φιλέει πνέειν Hdt. 2.27; φιλεῖ ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νύξ A. Supp. 769; ἐμπόρων ἔπη φ. πλανᾶσθαι S. OC 304; φιλεῖ γάρ πως τὰ τοιαῦθʼ ἑτέρᾳ τρέπεσθαι Ar. Nu. 813 (lyr.); φιλεῖ μεγάλα στρατόπεδα ἐκπλήγνυσθαι Th. 4.125; ὃ δὴ φ. ὁ ἔρως ἐμποιεῖν Pl. Smp. 182c: esp. with γίγνεσθαι of what usually happens, ἀπὸ πείρης πάντα ἀνθρώποισι φιλέει γίνεσθαι everything comes to man by experience, Hdt. 7.9.γʹ, cf. 7.10.ζ, 7.50, Th. 3.42, Isoc. 6.104, Pl. R. 494c, al.; οἷα φ. γίγνεσθαι Th. 7.79, cf. Hdt. 8.128; without γίγνεσθαι, οἷα δὴ φιλεῖ as is wont, Pl. R. 467b; ὁποῖα φ. Luc. Am. 9.

3. impers., φιλέει δέ κως προσημαίνειν (sc. ὁ θεός) , εὖτʼ ἂν . . Hdt. 6.27; ὡς δὴ φιλεῖ . . λόγον ἔχειν ἀνθρώπους as it is usual for . . , Plu. Pomp. 73.