ἀφθονία

aphthonia

freedom from envy

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 4
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Book VI 2
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

572a8

Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

575b33
Book IX 2
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608b30

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

624a2
Politics 3
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Book VII 3
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19

1327b12

Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18

1330b16

Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28

1334a33

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφθονία, ἡ, A. freedom from envy or grudging, liberality, πᾶσαν προθυμίαν καὶ ἀφθονίαν εἴχομεν ἀλλήλους διδάσκειν Pl. Prt. 327b. II. of things, plenty, abundance, Pi. N. 3.9; τῶν ὠφελούντων Pl. Ap. 24e, cf. 23c; κακῶν Men. 589; ἀφθονίας οὔσης ὀργίζεσθαι abundance of matter for . . , Lys. 12.2; ἀ. ἦν καταπίνειν Telecl. 1.10; τοσαύτην ἀ. κατηγοριῶν D. 21.102; εἰς ἀ. in abundance, X. An. 7.1.33; opp. ἀφορία, Id. Smp. 4.55: pl., καρπῶν ἀφθονίησι Emp. 78. III. = κακία, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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