philotimia

Grote, “H. G.” ix. 386; cf.Herod. iii. 57 for “ambition,” philotimia.

Hellenica 2007

This virtue has no name, but is denominated by its extremes, which are _philotimia_, i.e. love of honor, and _aphilotimia_, i.e. without love of honor: for sometimes a man is commended for loving honor, and sometimes for not caring about it, in so far, to wit, as both these things may be done in moderation.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

By philotimia tōn poiountōn it seems necessary to understand the generosity of the retiring “apostles,” and yet the process went on — according to Theodore himself — even after these apostles had long left the scene.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908