Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφθονία

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφθονία

Etym.: From fqone/w

Sense

  1. freedom from envy or grudging, readiness
  2. plenty, abundance

Examples

  • καὶ ὅμωσ ἐν τοσαύτῃ εὐωδίᾳ καὶ ἀφθονίᾳ τῶν ἀρωμάτων καὶ ἐν λιβανωτῷ παμπόλλῳ μόλισ αἱ ῥῖνεσ ἐπιλαθέσθαι μοι καὶ ἀπομαθεῖν ἤθελον τὴν κηλῖδα ἐκείνην τῆσ ὀσμῆσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ὀλίγου δέω ναυτιᾶν ὑπομνησθεὶσ αὐτῆσ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 1:8)
  • παρ’ ἡμῖν γὰρ οὐχὶ πολλὴ τούτων ἀφθονία; (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 16:3)
  • Οὐκοῦν ὅσον μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ ὑπισχνεῖσθαι καὶ φάσκειν εἰδέναι πολλὴ ἀφθονία τῶν ἡγησομένων· (Lucian, 51:5)
  • ἡ δὲ Κίμωνοσ ἀφθονία καὶ τὴν παλαιὰν τῶν Ἀθηναίων φιλοξενίαν καὶ φιλανθρωπίαν ὑπερέβαλεν. (Plutarch, , chapter 10 5:4)
  • τοῖσ γὰρ ἀληθινῶσ καὶ βεβαίωσ ἀγαθοῖσ τιμή τε καλλίστη τὸ τιμῆσαί τινα τῶν ἀξίων, καὶ κόσμοσ εὐπρεπέστατοσ τὸ ἐπικοσμῆσαι, περιουσίᾳ δόξησ καὶ ἀφθονίᾳ γιγνόμενον. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 13 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. plenty

Related

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

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