A year ago I posted some love-compounds. Later I repeated the trick. Some of the accents were wrong, but the words were popular. Here is another list. All of these words are extant in ancient Greek. This is not a complete list.
φιλαγαθία: “lover of goodness”
φίλαγνος: “lover of chastity”
φιλάγρυπνος: “love of being awake”
φιλάγων: “lover of games”
φιλάδικος: “lover of wrong”
φιλαίθριος: “lover of clear air”
φιλακριβέω: “love of exactness”
φιλαλυστής: “lover of self-torment”
φιλαμπελόω: “love of wine”
φιλάοιδος: “lover of a singer/song”
φιλάμπλοος: “lover of simplicity”
φιλαριστοτοτέλης: “Aristotle lover”
φιλάρχαιος: “love of ancient things”
φιλάσωτος: “love of profligacy”
φιλαύστηρος: “love of austerity”
φιλαυτοκράτωρ: “emperor lover”
φιλαχιλλεύς: “Achilles-lover”
φιλακλήμων: “love of accusation”
φιλέβδεμος: “love of the number seven”
φιλέννυχος: “night-lover”
φιλέξοδος: “lover of going out”
φιλέριθος: “lover of wool spinning”
φιλευκτικός: “lover of the optative mood”
φιλευώδης: “lover of good smells”
φίληβος: “lover of youth”
φιλήκοος: “lover of listening”
φιλήνεμος: “lover of the wind”
φιλόγελως: “lover of laughter”
φιλόδυρτος: “lover of mourning”
φιλόδωρος: “lover of giving”
φιλόζωος: “life-loving”
φιλόθακος: “lover of sitting
φιλοκάθολος: “lover of generalizations”
φιλόλαλος: “lover of talking”
φιλόκομος: “hair-lover”
φιλόκομπος: “lover of boasting”
"Love without purpose, never hate without reason"
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— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) February 14, 2017
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