extravagance
From LSJ
Ζῆν ἡδέως οὐκ ἔστιν ἀργὸν καὶ κακόν → Non est, inerst et malus ut vivat suaviter → Ein fauler Schwächling lebt unmöglich angenehm
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
want of control: P. ἀκράτεια, ἡ, ὕβρις, ἡ.
excess: P. and V. ὑπερβολή, ἡ.
extraordinariness: Ar. and P. ἀτοπία, ἡ.
squandering (of money, etc.): P. ἀσωτία, ἡ, πολυτέλεια, ἡ.
their private means through idleness are lost and wasted in extravagance: V. τὰ δ' ἐν δόμοις δαπάναισι φροῦδα διαφυγόνθ' ὑπ' ἀργίας (Euripides, Hercules Furens 591).
