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φιλοτιμία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοτιμία

Structure: φιλοτιμι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: filo/timos

Sense

  1. the character of the, love of distinction, ambition, emulous desire, ambitious rivalry
  2. ambitious pertinacity, obstinacy
  3. ambitious display, prodigality
  4. the object coveted, honour, distinction, credit

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

  • εἰσ ἐπίτασιν δὲ θρησκείασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀγνοοῦντασ ἡ τοῦ τεχνίτου προετρέψατο φιλοτιμία. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:18)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἀφιλότιμον οὐ μικρὸν εἰσ πρᾳότητα πολιτικὴν ἐφόδιον, καὶ τοὐναντίον ἡ φιλοτιμία χαλεπὸν καὶ φθόνου γονιμώτατον, ἧσ ὁ μὲν ἀπήλλακτο παντάπασιν, ὁ δὲ καὶ πάνυ πολλῆσ μετεῖχεν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato, chapter 5 3:1)
  • προδικίαν ὑφαρπάζουσα φιλοτιμία. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 18 11:1)
  • οὕτω τότε πολιτικαὶ μὲν ἦσαν αἱ διαφοραί, μέτριοι δ’ οἱ θυμοὶ καὶ πρὸσ τὸ κοινὸν εὐανάκλητοι συμφέρον, ἡ δὲ φιλοτιμία πάντων ἐπικρατοῦσα τῶν παθῶν τοῖσ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ὑπεχώρει καιροῖσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 17 6:3)
  • ταῦτα δ’ ἦν οὐ χρυσὸσ οὐδ’ ἐλέφασ οὐδ’ ἡ λοιπὴ πολυτέλεια καὶ φιλοτιμία τῆσ παρασκευῆσ, ἀλλ’ εὔνοια καὶ τιμὴ καὶ χάρισ οὐ μόνον παρὰ τῶν πολιτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πολεμίων. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 39 4:1)
  • φιλοτιμίᾳ μὲν οὐδεμιᾷ μὰ τὼ θεὼ λέξουσ’ ἀνέστην ὦ γυναῖκεσ· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene12)
  • φιλοτιμίᾳ μὲν ἐνέχεται, δεινῷ κακῷ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 4:23)
  • ἁμιλλώμενοι δ’ ἀεὶ πολιτεύμασι χρηστοῖσ τὰσ τιμὰσ ὑπερβάλλεσθαι, καὶ τιμώμενοι μᾶλλον ἐξ ὧν ἐπολιτεύοντο κεχαρισμένωσ, καὶ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἴσῃ φιλοτιμίᾳ πρόσ τε τὸν δῆμον ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ τὸν δῆμον πρὸσ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐκκαύσαντεσ, ἔλαθον ἁψάμενοι πραγμάτων ἐν οἷσ οὐκέτ’ ἦν τὸ ἐπιμεῖναι καλὸν, αἰσχρὸν δ’ ἤδη τὸ παύσασθαι. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 2 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. the object coveted

Related

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

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