φιλότιμος
φῐλότῑμ-ος,
ον,
A). loving honour or
distinction, ambitious, mostly in bad sense (cf.
Pl. R. 347b ,
Arist. EN 1125b9 ),
E. Ph. 567 ;
τὸ μαντικὸν πᾶν σπέρμα φ. κακόν Id. IA 520 ; joined with
φιλοχρήματος, Pl. Phd. 68c ; with
φιλόνικος, Id. R. 551a , etc.; also in good sense,
φ. καὶ ἐλευθέριος X. Mem. 2.3.16 ;
φ. καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι Isoc. 9.3 :—with abstr. Nouns (in both senses),
εὐ χά A. Supp. 658 (lyr.);
ἦθος E. Supp. 907 ;
σοφίαι φιλοτιμότεραι Κλεοφῶντος Ar. Ra. 679 (lyr.);
αἱ φ. τῶν φύσεων X. Oec. 13.9 ;
βίος Lys. 2.16 ;
πολιτεία Pl. R. 545b ;
φ. ἐπί τινι emulous in regard to, eager for distinction in .. ,
ἐπὶ σοφία, ἐπ’ ἀρετῇ, Id. Prt. 343c ,
Lg. 744e ;
περὶ τἀναγκαῖα φιλοτιμότατος Plb. 9.20.6 ;
ἱππικὸν φιλοτιμότερον πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ ἀνδραγαθίας X. Eq.Mag. 9.3 : c. inf.,
φιλοτιμότατοι καλόν τι ποιεῖν ib.
2.2 : c. acc. modi,
τὰς ψυχὰς -ότεροι ib.
7.3 ;
-ότεροι τὰ ἤθη Arist. Rh. 1391a22 :
τὸ φ., =
φιλοτιμία ,
E. IA 22 (dub. l., anap.),
342 (troch.),
Th. 2.44 ,
Pl. Lg. 841c , etc.
b). rejoicing in worship, Νυκτὸς παῖδες A. Eu. 1033 (lyr.).
2). prodigal, lavish, λαμπρὸς καὶ φ. D. 21.159 ;
munificent, generous, πρός τινα Aristeas
227 · περὶ ξένους Plu. Crass. 3 .
3). φιλότιμος, title of an official member of a guild or corporation at Histria,
γερουσίας φ. Analele Acad.Române 38.596 (pl.); so at Tomi,
ὁ προστάτης καὶ δισφύλαρχος καὶ φ. Dacia 1.273 .
4). neut. pl.,
gifts, endowments, τὴν μὲν τοῖς ἑαυτῆς φ. κεκόσμηκεν Ἀφροδίτη Aristaenet. 1.10 .
II). Adv.
-μως ambitiously, emulously, Lys. 16.18 ,
Is. 7.39 ;
φ. πρός τινα ἔχειν to vie
emulously with .. ,
Pl. Chrm. 162c ;
πρὸς ἀλλήλους Isoc. 4.85 ;
φ. ἔχειν πρός τι to strive, exert oneself
eagerly after a thing,
X. Cyr. 1.6.26 , etc.;
τὰ λοιπὰ συσπεύσας φ. zealously, PCair.Zen. 62 (
b)
8 (iii B. C.);
φ. πρὸς τοὺς λόγους διακεῖσθαι Isoc. 15.277 ;
with public spirit, generously, IG 22.505.35 , etc.: Comp.
φιλοτιμότερον Lys. 16.20 ,
PTeb. 23.10 (ii B. C.); or
-οτέρως Isoc. 9.5 : Sup.
-ότατα Plu. Caes. 3 .
ShortDef
loving honour, covetous of honour, ambitious, emulous
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Headword (normalized):
φιλότιμος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
φιλοτιμος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">φῐλότῑμ-ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">loving honour</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distinction, ambitious,</span> mostly in bad sense (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:347b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:347b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 347b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1125b:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1125b.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1125b9 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:567" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:567/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 567 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ μαντικὸν πᾶν σπέρμα φ. κακόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:520" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:520/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 520 </a> ; joined with <span class="foreign greek">φιλοχρήματος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:68c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:68c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 68c </a>; with <span class="foreign greek">φιλόνικος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:551a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:551a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 551a </a>, etc.; also in good sense, <span class="quote greek">φ. καὶ ἐλευθέριος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:3:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.3.16 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φ. καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 9.3 </a> :—with abstr. Nouns (in both senses), <span class="quote greek">εὐ χά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:658" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:658/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 658 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἦθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:907" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:907/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 907 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοφίαι φιλοτιμότεραι Κλεοφῶντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:679" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:679/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 679 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">αἱ φ. τῶν φύσεων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 13.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βίος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 2.16 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολιτεία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:545b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:545b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 545b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">φ. ἐπί τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">emulous in regard to, eager for distinction in</span> .. , <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ σοφία, ἐπ’ ἀρετῇ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:343c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:343c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 343c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:744e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:744e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 744e </a>; <span class="quote greek">περὶ τἀναγκαῖα φιλοτιμότατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:20:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:20:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 9.20.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἱππικὸν φιλοτιμότερον πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ ἀνδραγαθίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:9:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:9.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.Mag.</span> 9.3 </a> : c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">φιλοτιμότατοι καλόν τι ποιεῖν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2.2/canonical-url/"> 2.2 </a>: c. acc. modi, <span class="foreign greek">τὰς ψυχὰς -ότεροι</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:7.3/canonical-url/"> 7.3 </a>; <span class="quote greek">-ότεροι τὰ ἤθη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1391a:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1391a.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1391a22 </a> : <span class="foreign greek">τὸ φ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">φιλοτιμία</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 22 </a> (dub. l., anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:342/canonical-url/"> 342 </a> (troch.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:841c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:841c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 841c </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rejoicing in worship,</span> <span class="quote greek">Νυκτὸς παῖδες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1033" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1033/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 1033 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prodigal, lavish,</span> <span class="quote greek">λαμπρὸς καὶ φ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.159 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">munificent, generous,</span> <span class="foreign greek">πρός τινα</span> Aristeas <span class="bibl"> 227 </span> <span class="quote greek">· περὶ ξένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Crass.</span> 3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">φιλότιμος,</span> title of an official member of a guild or corporation at Histria, <span class="quote greek">γερουσίας φ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Analele Acad.Române</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:38:596" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:38.596/canonical-url/"> 38.596 </a> (pl.); so at Tomi, <span class="quote greek">ὁ προστάτης καὶ δισφύλαρχος καὶ φ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dacia</span> 1.273 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> neut. pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gifts, endowments,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὴν μὲν τοῖς ἑαυτῆς φ. κεκόσμηκεν Ἀφροδίτη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4000.tlg001:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4000.tlg001:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristaenet.</span> 1.10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="quote greek">-μως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ambitiously, emulously,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 16.18 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg007.perseus-grc1:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg007.perseus-grc1:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 7.39 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φ. πρός τινα ἔχειν</span> to vie <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">emulously</span> with .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:162c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:162c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chrm.</span> 162c </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ἀλλήλους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.85 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">φ. ἔχειν πρός τι</span> to strive, exert oneself <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eagerly</span> after a thing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.6.26 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ λοιπὰ συσπεύσας φ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">zealously,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PCair.Zen.</span> 62 </span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">b</span>)<span class="bibl"> 8 </span> (iii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">φ. πρὸς τοὺς λόγους διακεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:277/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 15.277 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with public spirit, generously,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 22.505.35 </span>, etc.: Comp. <span class="quote greek">φιλοτιμότερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 16.20 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 23.10 </span> (ii B. C.); or <span class="quote greek">-οτέρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 9.5 </a> : Sup. <span class="quote greek">-ότατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 3 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}