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ἄφθονος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθονος

Structure: ἀφθον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without envy
  2. free from envy
  3. ungrudging, bounteous
  4. not grudged, bounteously given, plentiful, abundant, in plenty
  5. unenvied, provoking no envy
  6. in abundance, enough

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φθονος ά̓φθονον
Genitive ἀφθόνου ἀφθόνου
Dative ἀφθόνῳ ἀφθόνῳ
Accusative ά̓φθονον ά̓φθονον
Vocative ά̓φθονε ά̓φθονον
DualN/A/V ἀφθόνω ἀφθόνω
G/D ἀφθόνοιν ἀφθόνοιν
PluralNominative ά̓φθονοι ά̓φθονα
Genitive ἀφθόνων ἀφθόνων
Dative ἀφθόνοις ἀφθόνοις
Accusative ἀφθόνους ά̓φθονα
Vocative ά̓φθονοι ά̓φθονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φθονος ἀφθόνου ἀφθονώτερος ἀφθονωτέρου ἀφθονώτατος ἀφθονωτάτου
Adverb ἀφθόνως ἀφθονώτερον ἀφθονώτατα

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

  • ὅμωσ δέ, καίπερ οὕτωσ ἀκράτῳ φιλοτιμίᾳ συνών, ἀπήλλακτο τοῦ φθονεῖν ἑτέροισ, ἀφθονώτατοσ ὢν ἐν τῷ τοὺσ πρὸ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ καθ’ αὑτὸν ἄνδρασ ἐγκωμιάζειν, ὡσ ἐκ τῶν συγγραμμάτων λαβεῖν ἔστι. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 24 2:2)
  • καὶ τὰ μὲν ξυντεθέντα ἢ ὁμολογηθέντα φυλάξαι βεβαιότατοσ, πρὸσ δὲ τῶν ἐξαπατώντων μὴ ἁλῶναι ἀσφαλέστατοσ, χρημάτων τε ἐσ μὲν ἡδονὰσ τὰσ αὑτοῦ φειδωλότατοσ, ἐσ δὲ εὐποιϊάν τῶν πέλασ ἀφθονώτατοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 28 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. without envy

  2. free from envy

  3. unenvied

  4. in abundance

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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