φιλοτιμία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[φιλοτιμίη]], ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[love of honour]] or [[love of distinction]], [[ambition]], freq. in bad sense in early writers, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>210</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>527</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>383</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1125b22</span>; κακίστη δαιμόνων Φ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 532</span>; ἄκαιρος <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.9</span>; πλεονεξία καὶ φ. <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>; with [[φιλονικία]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>860e</span>; also in good sense, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.110</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.3.13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hier.</span>7.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553c</span>: the object is added in gen., <b class="b3">φ. τῶν καλῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">555a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.35</span>; also φ. ἐπὶ τοῖς καλοῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>178d</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων, περί τι</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.52.4</span>, <span class="bibl">5.71.6</span>; πρὸς τὰ καλά <span class="bibl">Id.6.55.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>834b</span>; but <b class="b3">φ. πρός τινα</b> [[ambitious rivalry]] with him, ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους φ. καὶ στάσις <span class="bibl">Plb.4.87.7</span> (but <b class="b3">αἱ πρὸς σφᾶς αὐτοὺς φ</b>. is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[φιλονικίαι]] (ap.Stob.) in <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.18</span>); <b class="b3">φ. ἐμβάλλειν τινί, ὅπως</b> . . <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.39</span>: freq. with Preps., διὰ φιλοτιμίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>586c</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.86</span>, etc.; φιλοτιμίας ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Lys.19.56</span>; ὑπὸ φιλοτιμίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>257c</span>, etc.; simply φιλοτιμίᾳ <span class="bibl">D.2.18</span>; φ. τινὶ καὶ φιλονεικίᾳ Plu.2.856a: pl., [[φιλοτιμίαι]] = [[jealousies]], [[rivalries]], κατ' ἰδίας φ. <span class="bibl">Th.8.89</span>; φιλονικίαι καὶ φιλοτιμίαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>548c</span>, etc.; αἱ φιλοτιμίαι τῶν συγγραφέων [[party-feelings]], <span class="bibl">Plb.3.21.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[conceited obstinacy]], ἡ φιλοτιμία κτῆμα σκαιόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.53</span>; ὑπὸ φιλοτιμίας, ἣν ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ νῦν Ἕλληνες κενοδοξίαν Gal.6.415. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ambitious display]], [[ostentation]], πλούτου <span class="bibl">Lys.33.2</span>: but freq. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[lavish outlay for public purposes]], [[munificence]], ἡ πρὸς ὑμᾶς φιλοτιμία <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1153.16</span> (i A. D.), <span class="title">Dacia</span> 1.273 (Tomi), <span class="title">BCH</span>51.99 (Panamara), etc.: pl., [[occasions for munificence]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Nic.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the object coveted, [[honour]], [[distinction]], [[credit]], ἔστιν τὸ γράμμα ἐκείνῳ μὲν φ. πρὸς ὑμᾶς <span class="bibl">D.20.69</span>; φιλοτιμίαν παρέχειν τινί <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>1.27</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκείνῳ ἔχει φ</b>. is to his [[credit]], <span class="bibl">D.2.3</span>; ψευδῆ φιλοτιμίαν κτᾶται <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.45</span>; ἑνὶ τὴν φ. συνεχώρησεν <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Phoc.</span>20</span>; both in sg. and pl., <b class="b3">ἀποστερεῖσθαι τῆς φιλοτιμίας</b> or <b class="b3">τῶν φιλοτιμιῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">D.24.210</span>, <span class="bibl">19.223</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.91</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">στέφανος φιλοτιμίας διὰ βίου</b>, as an honour, <span class="title">Rev.Arch.</span>22(1925).62 (Callatis); <b class="b3">φιλοτιμίας χρυσίον</b> [[charitable]] [[fund]], ib.34(1931).347 (Stobi). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> punningly, [[the conduct of one Philotimus]], <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>6.9.2</span>, <span class="bibl">7.1.1</span>.</span>