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ἀφιλάργυρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: aphilargyros

Principal Part: ἀφιλάργυρος ἀφιλάργυρα ἀφιλάργυρον

Structure: (Prefix) + φιλαργυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not loving money

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐλευθέριός τε ὢν καὶ ἀφιλαργυρώτατος εἰς τὰς ἀργυρικὰς δείξεις ἀπήντα πρῶτος, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀρχεκράτους καὶ Καλλικράτους τὰς χρυσιαίας παντὸς ἔσπευδε μᾶλλον. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. s'. ARKESILAOS 11:2)
  • Ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος: (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 13 6:1)
  • κατὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν νομοθεσίαν ἐφαίνετο πολιτικὸς καὶ φρόνιμος, κατὰ δὲ τὴν πίστιν δίκαιος, κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ὑπεροχὴν ἀνδρεῖος, κατὰ δὲ τὴν πρὸς τὸ κέρδος μεγαλοψυχίαν ἀφιλάργυρος. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 11 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. not loving money

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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