Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφνειός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφνειός

Etym.: a)/fenos

Sense

  1. rich, wealthy, rich in

Examples

  • φησὶ δ’ ἀνὴρ φρένασ ἀφνειὸσ πήξασθαι ἄμαξαν, νήπιοσ, οὐδὲ τὸ οἶδ’· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 51:9)
  • ἦν δέ τισ ἐν Τρώεσσι Ποδῆσ υἱὸσ Ηἐτίωνοσ, ἀφνειὸσ τ’ ἀγαθόσ τε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 29 1:5)
  • Φλίασ δ’ αὖτ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν Ἀραιθυρέηθεν ἵκανεν, ἔνθ’ ἀφνειὸσ ἔναιε Διωνύσοιο ἕκητι, πατρὸσ ἑοῦ, πηγῇσιν ἐφέστιοσ Ἀσωποῖο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 3:6)
  • γράμματα μὲν τὸν παῖδα γέρων Λίνοσ ἐξεδίδαξεν, υἱὸσ Ἀπόλλωνοσ μελεδωνεὺσ ἄγρυπνοσ ἡρ́ωσ, τόξον δ’ ἐντανύσαι καὶ ἐπίσκοπον εἶναι ὀϊστῶν Εὔρυτοσ ἐκ πατέρων μεγάλαισ ἀφνειὸσ ἀρούραισ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 60)
  • "ξεῖν’, ἐπεὶ ἂρ δὴ ταῦτά μ’ ἀνείρεαι ἠδὲ μεταλλᾷσ, μέλλεν μέν ποτε οἶκοσ ὅδ’ ἀφνειὸσ καὶ ἀμύμων ἔμμεναι, ὄφρ’ ἔτι κεῖνοσ ἀνὴρ ἐπιδήμιοσ ἠε͂ν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. rich

Related

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

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