φιλαρχία
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A love of rule, lust of power, Thphr.Char.26.1, Plb.6.49.3, Phld.Piet.22, LXX 4 Ma.2.15, Gal.Anim.Pass.1.7, Jul.Caes. 308d, freq. in Plu., as Mar.2, al.: in pl., Id.Eum.13; efforts to gain power, Id.Cic.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1275] ἡ, Herrschlust, Herrschbegierde; Pol. 6, 49, 3 u. öfter; D. Hal. u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῐλαρχία: ἡ, ἀγάπη πρὸς τὸ ἄρχειν, ἐπιθυμία ἐξουσίας, Θεοφρ. Χαρακ. 26, Πολύβ. 6. 49, 3, καὶ συχν. παρὰ Πλουτ., ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐπὶ κακῆς σημασίας· ἐν τῷ πληθ., φιλόδοξοι προσπάθειαι, Πλουτ. Εὐμ. 13, κ. ἀλλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
amour du pouvoir ; αἱ φιλαρχίαι tentatives ambitieuses.
Étymologie: φίλαρχος.
