Philotimus

Latin-English

Phĭlŏtīm|us, -ī. (fi.loˈti.mus) masc.

1. ‘Honor-loving, ambitious,’ a proper name of Greek origin.

[Greek Φιλότιμος Philotimos.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 6.1:

Philotimum circiter Kal. Ianuarias in Chersonesum audio venisse

I hear that Philotimus came to the Chersonese around the first of January.