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ἀφθονία?

Adjective; Transliteration: aphthonia

Principal Part: ἀφθονία

Etym.: From φθονέω

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

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

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