ἄφθονος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, not) + φθόνος (phthónos, “envy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ápʰ.tʰo.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈapʰ.tʰo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈaɸ.θo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈaf.θo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈaf.θo.nos/
Adjective
ἄφθονος • (áphthonos) m or f (neuter ἄφθονον); second declension
- without envy, free from envy
- ungrudging, bounteous
- not grudged, plentiful
- unenvied, provoking no envy
Declension
Second declension of ἄφθονος; ἄφθονον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄφθονος áphthonos | ἄφθονον áphthonon | ἀφθόνω aphthónō | ἀφθόνω aphthónō | ἄφθονοι áphthonoi | ἄφθονᾰ áphthona | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀφθόνου aphthónou | ἀφθόνου aphthónou | ἀφθόνοιν aphthónoin | ἀφθόνοιν aphthónoin | ἀφθόνων aphthónōn | ἀφθόνων aphthónōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀφθόνῳ aphthónōi | ἀφθόνῳ aphthónōi | ἀφθόνοιν aphthónoin | ἀφθόνοιν aphthónoin | ἀφθόνοις aphthónois | ἀφθόνοις aphthónois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄφθονον áphthonon | ἄφθονον áphthonon | ἀφθόνω aphthónō | ἀφθόνω aphthónō | ἀφθόνους aphthónous | ἄφθονᾰ áphthona | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄφθονε áphthone | ἄφθονον áphthonon | ἀφθόνω aphthónō | ἀφθόνω aphthónō | ἄφθονοι áphthonoi | ἄφθονᾰ áphthona | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀφθόνως aphthónōs | ἀφθονώτερος aphthonṓteros | ἀφθονώτᾰτος aphthonṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀφθονῐ́ᾱ (aphthoníā)
Further reading
- ἄφθονος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄφθονος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄφθονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄφθονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)