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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

  • τῶν δὲ χρησίμων ἐπιλογισμῶν πρῶτόσ ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων καὶ ὑπομιμνήσκων, ὅτι πᾶσι μὲν τοῖσ πάθεσιν ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τοῖσ νοσήμασιν ἃ φεύγειν δι’ αὐτῶν δοκοῦμεν, ἀδοξίαι φιλοδοξίαισ καὶ λῦπαι φιληδονίαισ καὶ πόνοι μαλακίαισ καὶ φιλονικίαισ ἧτται καὶ καταδίκαι· (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 92)

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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