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Headword:
Ἀφιλότιμος
Adler number: alpha,4619
Translated headword: unambitious
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Humble. [The term comes] from not loving [
φιλεῖν ] honor [
τιμή ], or being a slave to reputation. Or one who is engaged in nothing worthwhile. And a thrifty person [is so described] among some.
"No one was so unambitious that after seeing
Moses he was not astounded by his beauty".[1]
Ἀφιλότιμος: ταπεινός. παρὰ τὸ μὴ φιλεῖν τιμὴν, ἢ ἡττᾶσθαι δόξης. ἢ ὁ πρὸς μηδὲν ἀξιόλογον ἐπεστραμμένος. καὶ ὁ φειδωλὸς παρ' ἐνίοις. οὐδεὶς ἦν ἀφιλότιμος οὕτως, ὡς Μωϋσῆν θεασάμενος μὴ ἐκπλαγείη τῆς εὐμορφίας.
Notes:
The first part of this entry is also in other lexica.
[1]
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 2.231; again at
mu 1348 (end).
Translated by: William Hutton on 23 November 2000@06:02:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 23 November 2000@07:40:18.
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 13 June 2001@10:11:05.
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 28 August 2002@09:17:58.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics) on 7 May 2012@07:03:49.
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