ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑΙ, φιλοτιμιαι
PHILOTIMIAI, philotimiai
Sounds Like: fee-loh-tee-MEE-ai
Translations: ambition, a love of honor, a desire for honor, a desire for distinction, a zeal, a rivalry, a generous act, a benefaction, a liberality
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a love of honor or distinction, often implying ambition or a desire to excel. It can also denote a generous act or a benefaction, stemming from a desire to be honored or to show liberality. In some contexts, it can imply rivalry or zeal. It is a compound word, combining 'φίλος' (philos, 'loving') and 'τιμή' (timē, 'honor').
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5385 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 8:251
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑΙΣ — (to) ambition, (to) love of honor, (to) eagerness, (to) zeal, (to) generosity, (to) munificence
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑΝ — ambition, a desire for honor, a love of honor, a love of distinction, zeal, eagerness, a desire to excel, a desire to be first
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑΣ — (of) ambition, (of) a love of honor, (of) a desire for honor, (of) eagerness, (of) zeal
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