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φιλοπλουτία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοπλουτία

Structure: φιλοπλουτι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from filo/ploutos

Sense

  1. love of riches

Declension

First 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

  • Τίμαιοσ δὲ καὶ Γύλιππον ἀκλεῶσ φησι καὶ ἀτίμωσ ἀποπέμψαι Συρακουσίουσ, φιλοπλουτίαν αὑτοῦ καὶ ἀπληστίαν ἐν τῇ στρατηγίᾳ κατεγνωκότασ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius, chapter 2 2:1)
  • καὶ ταῦτα πρὸσ τὴν ὀνώδη καὶ μυρμηκώδη λέγω ταύτην φιλοπλουτίαν. (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 61)
  • Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν οὖν λέγουσι πολλαῖσ ἀρεταῖσ τοῦ Κράσσου κακίαν μόνην ἐπισκοτῆσαι τὴν φιλοπλουτίαν· (Plutarch, chapter 2 1:1)
  • "εἰ γὰρ δίψαν ἐκβιάζεται καὶ πεῖναν ἡ πρὸσ τροφὴν καὶ ποτὸν ἀντίβασισ τοῦ λογισμοῦ, μακρῷ δήπου ῥᾷόν ἐστι φιλοπλουτίαν κολοῦσαι καὶ φιλοδοξίαν ἀποχαῖσ ὧν ἐφίενται καὶ ἀνείρξεσιν εἰσ τέλοσ καταλυθείσασ ἢ οὐ δοκεῖ σοι; (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 15 5:6)
  • "ἔστιν οὖν τισ, ὦ φίλε , καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ πρὸσ φιλοπλουτίαν καὶ φιλαργυρίαν ἄσκησισ, οὐ τὸ μὴ κλέπτειν ἐπιόντα νύκτωρ τὰ τῶν πέλασ μηδὲ λωποδυτεῖν· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 15 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. love of riches

Related

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

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