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|Definition=ά, όν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[envious]], [[jealous]], of persons, <b class="b3">σοφίης μὴ φ. τελέθειν</b> [[grudging]] of [[wisdom]], Thgn.770, etc.; ὄψον λόγοι φθονεροῖσιν Pi. ''N.''8.21; φ. ταῖς ἑτέρων εὐτυχίαις D.H.6.46: Sup., ὀρνίθων φθονερώτατος ''AP''5.2 (Antip.Thess.). Adv., [[φθονερῶς]] = [[enviously]], [[with envy]], [[φθονερῶς ἔχειν]] πρὸς τὰ παιδικά = to [[be enviously disposed]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''243c, cf. Isoc.15.302, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.15, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the gods, [[jealous]] of those who [[abuse]] their [[gift]]s, or who [[enjoy]] [[unbroken]] [[felicity]], ὁ φθονερὸς [[δαίμων]] Corinn.4; τὸ θεῖον πᾶν ἐὸν φθονερόν = every [[divinity]] being [[jealous]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32; ἐμοὶ αἱ σαὶ μεγάλαι εὐτυχίαι οὐκ ἀρέσκουσι, ἐπισταμένῳ τὸ θεῖον ὡς ἔστι φ. Id.3.40, cf. 7.46; <b class="b3">φθονεραῖς ἐκ θεῶν μετατροπίαις</b> by [[jealous]] [[change]]s of [[purpose]], Pi.''P.''10.20; cf. [[φθόνος]] 1.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of feelings, etc., <b class="b3">φ. γνῶμαι, ἐλπίδες</b>, Id.''I.''1.44, 2.43; ἄλγος A.''Ag.''450 (lyr.); ὀδύνα S.''Ph.''1141 (lyr.); φ. ὁδοί [[full of envy]], Id.''Fr.''353 (lyr.); φ. τέχνη ''Anacreont.''16.38.