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φιλοτιμέομαι, to be ambitious

φῐλοτῑμ-έομαι, fut. ήσομαι Pl. Phdr. 234a, D. 20.103; later, -ηθήσομαι D.S. 11.18 codd.: aor. ἐφιλοτιμήθην X. Mem. 2.9.3, Pl. La. 182b, Isoc. 4.44, Is. 2.42; later, ἐφιλοτιμησάμην Plb. 20.8.2, Ael. VH 3.1 (written ἐφιλοτειμήσετο Ephes. 3 No.13): pf. πεφιλοτίμημαι D. 42.24, Porph. ap. Stob. 2.1.32:— pf. in pass. sense, Aristid. 1.446 J.: (φιλότιμος):—
  • love or seek after honour, Pl. Alc. 2.146a, Is. l.c., D. 20.103, etc.: hence, to be ambitious, emulous, Ar. Ra. 281; φ. ὅτι . . to be jealous because . ., X. An. 1.4.7, Lys. 14.21; φ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους, πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, vie emulously with, rival, Pl. Smp. 178e, Phdr. 234a, cf. Lys. 29.14.
      • 2 the object of ambition, etc., is mostly added with a Prep., φ. ἐπί τινι to place oneʼs fame in a thing, glory or pride oneself upon it, Pl. R. 553d, X. Mem. 2.6.12, Lys. 14.42; ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις Isoc. 3.46, al.; ἔν τινι Pl. La. 182b; ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης Isoc. 8.93; περὶ τῶν καλῶν contend in rivalry for, Plu. Amat. 2.760c; περὶ τὴν θήραν, δεῖπνα, D.S. 3.18, Plu. Phil. 9; ἀφʼ ἑτέρων ἀρετῶν Id. Praec. 2.819c: c. neut. pron. in acc., πρὸς ἃ ἐγὼ φιλοτιμοῦμαι X. HG 1.6.5: c. acc. cogn., φ. φιλοτιμίας ἀκάρπους Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.830e; τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἔριν J. BJ 1.10.5; φ. πρὸς τὴν πόλιν show patriotic zeal for . ., Lycurg. 140, cf. IG 2(2).1176.26, etc.; εἰς τὴν αὔξησιν D.S. 1.50, cf. 25, D.L. 4.44, Aristid. l.c.
    • II c. inf., strive eagerly to do a thing, endeavour earnestly, aspire, οἳ πάνυ ἂν φιλοτιμηθεῖεν φίλῳ σοι χρῆσθαι X. Mem. 2.9.3, cf. Oec. 21.6, PPetr. 3 p.115 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 578.2 (iii B. C.), etc.; φιλοτιμούμενοι ἐπιδείκνυσθαι πρὸς ἅπαντας Pl. Phdr. 232a: c. part., φ. ἐλέγχων Id. R. 336c, cf. X. Eq.Mag. 9.6: c. acc. et inf., to be anxious that . ., ib. 1.25: c. acc., ἀεὶ ἕν γέ τι φιλοτιμούμενος Id. Oec. 4.24: with ὅπως, καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις φιλοτιμηθεὶς ὅπως ἂν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοδώρου λάβῃς τὰ ἐπιστόλια PCair.Zen. 41.19 (iii B. C.), cf. PMich.Zen. 6.3 (iii B. C.).
    • III c. dat. rei, present with a thing, χρήμασί τινας v.l. in Procop. Goth. 1.5: but c. acc. rei, lavish upon, τινί τι Aristaenet. 1.1; πόλεμος . . νίκας ἀδίκους φ. Chor. 35.71 p.410F.-R.

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