φθόνος
φθόνος,
ὁ,
A). ill-will or
malice, esp.
envy or
jealousy of the good fortune of others (
Pl. Def. 416b ,
Arist. Rh. 1387b22 ),
Pi. O. 8.55 , etc.;
φθόνῳ through envy, Hdt. 3.30 ,
9.71 ; opp.
εὔνοια, Pl. Lg. 635b ; opp.
ἔπαινος, Lys. 24.1 ;
ἴσχει ὄλβος φθόνον incurs
envy, Pi. P. 11.29 , cf.
Isoc. 5.68 ;
φθόνον πρὸς ἀστῶν ἀλφάνουσι E. Med. 297 ;
φθόνῳ χρῆσθαι πρὸς τὰ παιδικά Pl. Phdr. 253b ;
κρέσσων οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος better
to be envied than pitied !
Pi. P. 1.85 , cf.
And. 2.6 ;
πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθ’ ὁ φ. ἕρπει S. Aj. 157 (anap.), cf.
OT 382 ;
ἐς τἀπίσημα δ’ ὁ φ. πηδᾶν φιλεῖ E. Fr. 294 ;
φ. συνεστιώμενος, of wealth,
Secund. Sent. 9 ;
φ. [ἐστὶ] τοῖς ζῶσι πρὸς τὸ ἀντίπαλον Th. 2.45 ;
κατὰ φθόνον A. Eu. 686 ,
Pl. Grg. 457d ;
σὺν φθόνῳ E. Andr. 780 (lyr.);
διὰ φθόνον Ep.Phil. 1.15 : c. gen. objecti,
envy for, jealousy of, τῶν πεπραγμένων Lys. 2.48 ;
φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός i.e.
will grudge, deny, A. Pr. 859 : c. gen. subj.,
envy or
jealousy felt by another,
Pl. Hp.Ma. 282a ; also
φ. ἐφ’ ἑτέροις Plu. 2.39e , etc.;
εἴς τινα AP 6.257 (
Antiphil.);
πρός τινα Luc. Rh.Pr. 22 : pl.,
envyings, jealousies, heartburnings, Isoc. 15.163 ,
Pl. Lg. 679c ,
801e , etc.
b). a
cause for indignation, a
reproach, ἀποκτείνειν φθόνος [ἐστὶ] γυναῖκας E. Hec. 288 .
II). refusal from feelings of ill-will or
envy, grudging, φθόνος μὲν οὐδεὶς ..
A. Pr. 628 ;
οὐδεὶς φ. or
φ. οὐδείς, c. inf., said in granting a request willingly,
ἃ τυγχάνω ἀκηκοώς, φ. οὐδεὶς λέγειν Pl. Phd. 61d ;
οὐδεὶς .. φ. αὐτῷ διελθεῖν αὐτά Id. Sph. 217a , cf. b.
Lg. 641d ,
664a .
ShortDef
ill-will, envy, jealousy
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
φθόνος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
φθονος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-110736
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">φθόνος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ill-will</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">malice,</span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">envy</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jealousy</span> of the good fortune of others (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg037:416b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg037:416b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Def.</span> 416b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1387b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1387b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1387b22 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 8.55 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">φθόνῳ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">through envy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.30 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.71/canonical-url/"> 9.71 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">εὔνοια,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:635b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:635b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 635b </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἔπαινος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg024.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg024.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 24.1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἴσχει ὄλβος φθόνον</span> incurs <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">envy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.29 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 5.68 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φθόνον πρὸς ἀστῶν ἀλφάνουσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:297" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:297/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 297 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φθόνῳ χρῆσθαι πρὸς τὰ παιδικά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:253b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:253b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 253b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κρέσσων οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος</span> better <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be envied</span> than pitied ! <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 1.85 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 2.6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθ’ ὁ φ. ἕρπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 157 </a> (anap.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:382" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:382/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 382 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς τἀπίσημα δ’ ὁ φ. πηδᾶν φιλεῖ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 294 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">φ. συνεστιώμενος,</span> of wealth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Secund.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sent.</span> 9 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φ. [ἐστὶ] τοῖς ζῶσι πρὸς τὸ ἀντίπαλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.45 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ φθόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:686" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:686/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 686 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:457d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:457d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 457d </a>; <span class="quote greek">σὺν φθόνῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:780" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:780/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 780 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">διὰ φθόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Phil.</span> 1.15 </a> : c. gen. objecti, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">envy for, jealousy of,</span> <span class="quote greek">τῶν πεπραγμένων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 2.48 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">will grudge, deny,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:859" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:859/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 859 </a>: c. gen. subj., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">envy</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jealousy felt by</span> another, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:282a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:282a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hp.Ma.</span> 282a </a>; also <span class="quote greek">φ. ἐφ’ ἑτέροις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.39e </span> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">εἴς τινα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.257 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiphil.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">πρός τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.Pr.</span> 22 </a> : pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">envyings, jealousies, heartburnings,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 15.163 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:679c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:679c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 679c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:801e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:801e/canonical-url/"> 801e </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cause for indignation,</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reproach,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀποκτείνειν φθόνος [ἐστὶ] γυναῖκας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 288 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jealousy</span> of the gods (cf. <span class="quote greek">φθονερός</span> 1.2 ), <span class="quote greek">θεῶν φ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:362/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 362 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:947" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:947/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 947 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φ. μὴ γένοιτό τις θεῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1135 </a> : hence abs., <span class="quote greek">τὸν φ. δὲ πρόσκυσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:776" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:776/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 776 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐλαβούμενος φθόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:305" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:305/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.305 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">refusal from feelings of ill-will</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">envy, grudging,</span> <span class="foreign greek">φθόνος μὲν οὐδεὶς</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:628" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:628/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 628 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδεὶς φ.</span> or <span class="foreign greek">φ. οὐδείς,</span> c. inf., said in granting a request willingly, <span class="quote greek">ἃ τυγχάνω ἀκηκοώς, φ. οὐδεὶς λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:61d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:61d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 61d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδεὶς .. φ. αὐτῷ διελθεῖν αὐτά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 217a </a> , cf. b. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:641d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:641d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 641d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:664a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:664a/canonical-url/"> 664a </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}