prothymia

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Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ' ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ' ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of moneymoney it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes

Sophocles, Antigone, 295-297

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prŏthȳmĭa: ae, f., = προθυμία>,
I readiness, willingness, inclination, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 53; 5, 2, 11; Marc. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 5 Mai.