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φιλοδοξέω

φιλοδοξέω, to love fame, seek honour

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φιλοδοξῶν present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular of φιλοδοξέω

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φῐλοδοξ-έω,
  • love fame, seek honour, ἐπί τινι for or in a thing, Arist. Rh. 1387b35; σωφροσύνῃ Plb. 31.28.10; φ. εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας seek credit amongst them, Id. 1.16.10; εἰς τὸ κοινόν, εἰς τὴν σύνοδον, JHS 54.142 (Delos, ii B. C.); εἰς τὸν δῆμον IG 2(2).1304.40; ἐν τῇ πρὸς Εὐμένην διαφορᾷ Plb. 31.6.5; ἐν ἀριστοκρατικῷ πολιτεύματι Id. 23.14.1; πρός τι Id. 27.9.7, Plu. Sanit. 2.125d; abs., Metrod. Fr. 56, Plb. 35.4.12, Phld. Vit. p.7. J., al.: prov., πεφιλοδοξηκὼς ἐν Σικελίᾳ καθάπερ ἐν ὀξυβάφῳ, i.e. to be a great man in a small way, Plb. 12.23.7.

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