ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ, φιλοτιμηθεντες
PHILOTIMĒTHENTES, philotimēthentes
Sounds Like: fee-loh-tee-may-THEN-tes
Translations: having been honored, having been ambitious, having been eager, having been zealous, having been earnest
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle derived from the verb 'philoti-meomai'. It describes someone who has been treated with honor or has shown ambition, eagerness, or zeal. It implies a strong desire to do something, often with a sense of honor or ambition involved. As a participle, it functions like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, and can indicate a completed action.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G5389 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:79
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΜΗΝ — I was ambitious, I strove for honor, I made it my ambition, I was eager, I made a point of
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be ambitious, to make it one's ambition, to strive eagerly, to make it one's aim, to make it one's business, to aspire
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΟΜΑΙ — to be ambitious, to make it one's ambition, to strive eagerly, to make it one's aim, to be zealous, to aspire
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having been ambitious, having striven earnestly, having made it one's ambition, having been eager, having aspired, having been zealous
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having been ambitious, having been eager, having been zealous, having been honored, having been generous, having been self-sacrificing
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we make it our ambition, we strive, we aspire, we are eager
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being ambitious, striving eagerly, making it one's ambition, being zealous, being eager, making it a point of honor
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