φιλότιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[loving honour]] or [[loving distinction]], [[ambitious]], mostly in bad sense (cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>347b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1125b9</span>), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>567</span>; τὸ μαντικὸν πᾶν σπέρμα φιλότιμον κακόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>520</span>; joined with [[φιλοχρήματος]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>68c</span>; with [[φιλόνικος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>551a</span>, etc.; also in good sense, φιλότιμος καὶ [[ἐλευθέριος]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.16</span>; φιλότιμοι καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.3</span>:—with abstr. Nouns (in both senses), εὐ χά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>658</span> (lyr.); ἦθος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>907</span>; σοφίαι φιλοτιμότεραι Κλεοφῶντος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>679</span> (lyr.); αἱ φιλότιμοι τῶν φύσεων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>13.9</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Lys. 2.16</span>; πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>545b</span>; [[φιλότιμος ἐπί τινι]] = [[emulous in regard to]], [[eager for distinction in]]... [[ἐπὶ σοφία]], [[ἐπ' ἀρετῇ]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>343c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>744e</span>; περὶ τἀναγκαῖα φιλοτιμότατος <span class="bibl">Plb.9.20.6</span>; ἱππικὸν φιλοτιμότερον πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ ἀνδραγαθίας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>9.3</span>: c. inf., [[φιλοτιμότατοι καλόν τι ποιεῖν]] ib.<span class="bibl">2.2</span>: c. acc. modi, [[τὰς ψυχὰς φιλοτιμότεροι]] ib.<span class="bibl">7.3</span>; φιλοτιμότεροι τὰ ἤθη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1391a22</span>: τὸ [[φιλότιμον]] = [[φιλοτιμία]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>22</span> (dub. l., anap.), <span class="bibl">342</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>841c</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[rejoicing in worship]], Νυκτὸς παῖδες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>1033</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[prodigal]], [[lavish]], λαμπρὸς καὶ φιλότιμος <span class="bibl">D.21.159</span>; [[munificent]], [[generous]], [[πρός τινα]] Aristeas 227 · περὶ ξένους <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[φιλότιμος]], title of an official member of a guild or corporation at Histria, γερουσίας φιλότιμοι Analele Acad.Române <span class="bibl">38.596</span>(pl.); so at Tomi, ὁ [[προστάτης]] καὶ [[δισφύλαρχος]] καὶ φιλότιμος <span class="title">Dacia</span>1.273. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> neut. pl., [[gifts]], [[endowments]], τὴν μὲν τοῖς ἑαυτῆς φιλοτίμως κεκόσμηκεν Ἀφροδίτη <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[φιλοτίμως]] = [[ambitiously]], [[emulously]], <span class="bibl">Lys.16.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.7.39</span>; [[φιλοτίμως πρός τινα ἔχειν]] = to [[vie emulously with]]... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>162c</span>; πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.85</span>; [[φιλοτίμως ἔχειν πρός τι]] to [[strive eagerly after a thing]], [[exert oneself eagerly after a thing]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.26</span>, etc.; τὰ λοιπὰ συσπεύσας [[φιλοτίμως]], [[zealously]], PCair.Zen.62 (b) 8(iii B. C.); φιλοτίμως πρὸς τοὺς λόγους διακεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc. 15.277</span>; [[with public spirit]], [[generously]], IG22.505.35, etc.: Comp. [[φιλοτιμότερον]] <span class="bibl">Lys.16.20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>23.10</span> (ii B. C.); or [[φιλοτιμοτέρως]] <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.5</span>: Sup. [[φιλοτιμότατα]] <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>3</span>.</span>