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
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἄφθονος áphthonos |
ἄφθονον áphthonon |
ἀφθόνω aphthónō |
ἀφθόνω aphthónō |
ἄφθονοι áphthonoi |
ἄφθονᾰ áphthonă | ||||||||
| 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 áphthonă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄφθονε áphthone |
ἄφθονον áphthonon |
ἀφθόνω aphthónō |
ἀφθόνω aphthónō |
ἄφθονοι áphthonoi |
ἄφθονᾰ áphthonă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀφθόνως aphthónōs |
ἀφθονώτερος aphthonṓteros |
ἀφθονώτᾰτος aphthonṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀφθονῐ́ᾱ (aphthonĭ́ā)
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 (2006–2025)