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φιλοτίμημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοτίμημα φιλοτίμηματος

Structure: φιλοτιμηματ (Stem)

Etym.: from filotime/omai

Sense

  1. an act of ambition or magnificence
  2. rivalry

Declension

Third 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

  • σὺ δὲ ὁ οὕτωσ ὑψηλὸσ καταπεσὼν ἀνάσπαστοσ ἐκ τοῦ βασιλείου θρόνου τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἄπει τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, ἰσότιμοσ ἐλαυνόμενοσ ἐν τῇ ἀγέλῃ τῶν νεκρῶν, χῶμα ὑψηλὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ καὶ στήλην μακρὰν ἢ πυραμίδα εὔγραμμον τὰσ γωνίασ ἀπολιπών, ἐκπρόθεσμα καὶ ἀνεπαίσθητα φιλοτιμήματα· (Lucian, 68:2)
  • φυλέται δὲ καὶ φράτορεσ καὶ δημόται καὶ ἡ πατρὶσ αὐτὴ ψυχρὰ καὶ ἀνωφελῆ ὀνόματα καὶ ἀνοήτων ἀνδρῶν φιλοτιμήματα. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 42:11)
  • ἔργων γε μὴν μεγέθεσι καὶ ναῶν καὶ κατασκευαῖσ οἰκοδομημάτων, ἐξ ὧν ἐκόσμησεν ὁ Περικλῆσ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ, οὐκ ἄξιον ὁμοῦ πάντα τὰ πρὸ τῶν Καισάρων φιλοτιμήματα τῆσ Ῥώμησ παραβαλεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἔξοχόν τι πρὸσ ἐκεῖνα καὶ ἀσύγκριτον ἡ τούτων ἔσχε μεγαλουργία καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια τὸ πρωτεῖον. (Plutarch, Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus, chapter 3 5:1)
  • ἐπιδόσεισ γὰρ καὶ χορηγίαι καὶ φιλοτιμήματα πρὸσ τὴν πόλιν ὑπερβολὴν μὴ ἀπολείποντα καὶ δόξα προγόνων καὶ λόγου δύναμισ καὶ σώματοσ εὐπρέπεια καὶ ῥώμη μετ’ ἐμπειρίασ τῶν πολεμικῶν καὶ ἀλκῆσ πάντα τἆλλα συγχωρεῖν ἐποίει καὶ φέρειν μετρίωσ τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ, ἀεὶ τὰ πρᾳότατα τῶν ὀνομάτων τοῖσ ἁμαρτήμασι τιθεμένουσ, παιδιὰσ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 16 3:1)
  • μνημονεύεται δ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ περὶ Δῆλον ὡσ λαμπρὰ καὶ θεοπρεπῆ φιλοτιμήματα. (Plutarch, , chapter 3 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. rivalry

Related

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

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