- פילוטימיא
- פִּילוֹטִימְיָאf. (φιλοτιμία, S.) display, public show, esp. gladiatorial exhibition, combats of beasts (v. Sachs Beitr. I, p. 120). Ex. R. s. 30 שמע שפ׳ נעשית (not פלוטמיא) he heard that a show is coming up; שאל … פ׳ he asked a gladiator (לוּדָר), when will the show take place?; שאל לאותו שעושה פ׳ he asked him who was to give the show (‘editor).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.