A.liable to envy or jealousy, looked on with jealousy, odious, “αἱ λίην ἰσχυραὶ τιμωρίαι πρὸς θεῶν ἐ. γίνονται” Hdt.4.205 ; “γνώμη πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἐ.” Id.7.139 ; “μηδ᾽..ἐ. πόρον τίθει” A.Ag.921 ; τινι by one, E.Med.303, Supp.893 ; “εἴ τῳ θεῶν ἐ. ἐστρατεύσαμεν” Th.7.77 ; “[πενία] ἥκιστα ἐ.” X.Smp.3.9 ; -ώτεραι (sc. αἱ ἐμαὶ διατριβαί) Pl.Ap. 37d, cf. R.502d ; ἐπίφθονόν ἐστι c. inf., it is invidious, hateful to.., Ar.Eq.1274 ; “εἴ τῳ "μακαρίως" -ώτερον εἰπεῖν” Arist.EE1215a10 ; τὸ ἐ. envy, “ἐπὶ μεγίστοις τὸ ἐ. λαμβάνειν” Th.2.64.
2. Act., bearing a grudge against, τινι A.Ag.133 (lyr.) : abs., malignant, hostile, Id.Eu. 376 (lyr.), Sammelb.3924.35 (i A. D.) ; “τὸ δαιμόνιον..ἐ.” App.Pun.59 ; “ἐ. βλέμμα” Hld.4.5.
II. Adv. ἐπιφθόνως, διακεῖσθαί τινι to be liable to his hatred, Th.1.75 ; “ἐ. διαπράξασθαί τι” in an invidious manner, Id.3.82 ; ἥκιστα ἐ. with least invidiousness, X.Cyr.7.5.37.