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δοξοκόπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοξοκόπος δοξοκόπον

Structure: δοξοκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/ptw

Sense

  1. thirsting for popularity.

Examples

  • ὥστε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἕκαστοσ ὀψοφαγῶν μὲν ἢ πίνων ἢ ἐρῶν τινοσ αἰσχύνεται καὶ περιστέλλει τὴν ἀκρασίαν, δοξοκοπῶν δὲ καὶ φιλοτιμούμενοσ οὐδένα ἀνθρώπων βούλεται λανθάνειν, ἀλλὰ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ταῦτα ποιεῖ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. thirsting for popularity

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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