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φιλόδοξος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόδοξος

Structure: φιλοδοξ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: do/ca

Sense

  1. fame loving

Examples

  • καὶ πάντεσ μὲν οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα κατοικοῦντεσ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ἐπὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἀνεβίβαζον, καὶ τοῖσ ψηφίσμασιν ἀναπλάττοντεσ φρόνημα μεῖζον τοῦ δέοντοσ ἀνδρὶ νέῳ καὶ φιλοδόξῳ περιέθηκαν· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 11:2)
  • οὗ κάλλιον οὐκ εὐμαρὲσ ἰδεῖν θέαμα νέῳ φιλοδόξῳ καὶ φιλαγάθῳ· (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 53 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. fame loving

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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