φειδωλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>421</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Lys.1.7</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sparing]], [[thrifty]], and as Subst., [[niggard]], [[miser]], <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>237</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.154</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.228</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>554a</span>, al.; φ. γαστήρ Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> l.c.; <b class="b3">φ. γλῶσσα</b> [[a niggard]] tongue, i.e. sparing of words, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span> 720</span>: c. gen., φ. χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>548b</span>; τόξων Anon.<span class="title">Trop.</span>p.209 S. (cf. φειδωλία 11); φ. περί τινα <span class="bibl">Eus.Mynd.6</span>; τὸ φ. αὐτοῦ τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>560c</span>; τὸ φ. ἐν δαπάναις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">θνητά τε καὶ φ. οἰκονομοῦσα</b> pursuing earthly and [[niggardly practices]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>256e</span>; φ. μέτρῳ <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.57</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">Φειδωνίῳ</b>, cf. sq. <span class="bibl">11</span>). Adv., τεθραμμένος . . ἀπαιδεύτως τε καὶ φειδωλῶς Id.<span class="title">R.</span>559d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[merciful]], PMag.Leid.V.9.3.</span>