ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΝ, φιλοτιμον
PHILOTIMON, philotimon
Sounds Like: fee-LOH-tee-mon
Translations: ambitious, honor-loving, zealous, a zealous person, a person who loves honor, a person who is ambitious
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound word derived from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'friend' or 'loving', and 'τιμή' (timē), meaning 'honor' or 'value'. It describes someone who is fond of honor, ambitious, or zealous. It can be used to describe a person's character or actions, indicating a strong desire for recognition or a diligent pursuit of a goal.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5389 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:227
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΣ — unambitious, without love of honor, inglorious, unaspiring
- ΤΟΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΝ — ambition, a love of honor, a desire for honor, a zeal, a rivalry, a contention
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΙ — ambitious, honorable, zealous, eager, diligent, a person of honor, a person of ambition
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΤΑΤΑ — most honorably, most ambitiously, most generously, most zealously, most eagerly
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most honor-loving, most ambitious, most generous, most honorable, most zealous
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more ambitious, more honor-loving, more eager for honor, more zealous, more generous
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΥ — ambitious, honorable, zealous, diligent, generous, liberal, of ambition, of honor, of zeal, of diligence, of generosity, of liberality
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΩΣ — ambitiously, honorably, zealously, eagerly, with a desire for honor, with great effort
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