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φιλοδοξία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοδοξία

Structure: φιλοδοξι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from filo/docos

Sense

  1. love of honour or glory

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • δῆλον μὲν ὅτι σχέσεισ αἱ κακίαι καὶ τὰ νοσήματα, φιλαργυρίαι φιληδονίαι φιλοδοξίαι δειλίαι ἀδικίαι· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 34 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. love of honour or glory

Related

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

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