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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">without envy:</b> hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> Act., [[free from envy]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.7</span>; ἄνδρα τύραννον ἄ. ἔδει εἶναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>500a</span>. Adv. -νως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>731a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[ungrudging]], [[bounteous]], of earth, ἄφθονε δαῖμον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>30.16</span>; <b class="b3">ἀφθόνῳ μένει, ἀφθόνῳ χερί</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>305</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>612</span>; ἀ. λειμῶνες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>222a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ax.</span>371c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> more freq. (esp. in Prose) [[not grudged]], [[plentiful]], ἄ. πάντα παρέσται <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span> 536</span>; καρπὸν πολλόν τε καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>118</span>; πλοῦτος <span class="bibl">Sol.33.5</span>; χρυσὸς ἄ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.132</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.83</span>; χώρη . . ἄ. λίην <span class="bibl">Id.2.6</span>; ἄ. βίοτος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>196</span>; πόλιν ἀφθονεστάτην χρήμασιν <span class="bibl">Eup.307</span>; χώρα πολλὴ καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.25</span>; ἄφθονα καὶ πολλὰ ἔχων εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.203</span>; λόγοι ἄ. <span class="bibl">D.21.136</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀφθόνοις βιοτεύειν</b> to live in [[plenty]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.25</span>; ἐν ἀφθόνοις τραφείς <span class="bibl">D.18.256</span>; τὸ χαίρειν ἄφθονον εἰπών <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).445 (Amorgos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[unenvied]], [[provoking no envy]], ὄλβος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>471</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> irreg. Comp. -έστερος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.104</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>72</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>460b</span>: Sup. -έστατος <span class="bibl">Eup.1</span>.c.; regul. forms <b class="b3">-ώτερος, -ώτατος</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.28</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.40</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Adv., πάντα δ' ἀφθόνως πάρα <span class="bibl">Sol.38</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἔχειν τινός</b> to have [[enough]] of it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>494c</span>; ἀ. διδόναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1314b4</span>; πολλά με διδάσκεις ἀ. <span class="bibl">Philem.154</span>; ξένων καὶ ἐντοπίων ἀ. ζήσας <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).491 (Megalop., ii/iii A.D.).</span>