Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phintias

1 sense of phintias

Sense 1
Phintias, Pythias -- (friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC))
       INSTANCE OF=> friend -- (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university")