ehrgeizig

From LSJ

αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us

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German > Latin

ehrgeizig, laudis studiosus od. cupidus. laudis et honoris cupidus (ehrbegierig). – gloriae studiosus od. appetens (ruhmbegierig). – laudis od. gloriae avidus. dignitatis gloriaeque avidus (ehr-, ruhmsüchtig); verb. appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis. – ambitiosus, od. umschr. cupidus bonorum od. is quem vexat honos (nach Ämtern, nach Ehrenstellen strebend). – e. sein, laudis studio trahi; gloriā duci. – Adv.ambitiose (z.B. petere alqd).