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φθον-έω , aor. ἐφθόνησα, later
A.ἐφθόνεσαLXX To.4.7, JHS46.45 (Athens, iii/iv A.D.), AP5.303, 7.607 (Pall.), Nonn.D.3.159:—Med., fut. in pass. sense “φθονήσομαιD.47.70:—Pass., fut “φθονηθήσομαιX.Hier.11.15: aor. “ἐφθονήθηνE.El.30, X.Mem.4.2.33, etc.: pf. part. “ἐφθονημένοςJ.AJ6.11.10, Vett.Val.330.2: (φθόνος):—bear ill-will or malice, grudge, be envious or jealous,
3. resent, c. gen., “τῆς δοκήσεως τῶν κερδῶνTh.3.43: c. dat. rei, feel righteous indignation at,ταῖς εὐπραγίαις τινῶνIsoc.8.124; also c. dat. pers., Id.4.184, D.28.18.
b. φ. τινὶ folld. by ει . . , or ἐάν . . take it ill or amiss that . . , Hdt.3.146, X.HG2.4.29; μή μοι φθονήσητ᾽, ει . . Ar.Ach.496: abs., φ. ἐάν τις . . Lys.3.9; φθονεῖς ἄπαις οὖσ᾽, εἰ . . E.Ion1302; also φ. τινὶ ὅτι . . , X.Cyr.3.1.39; φ. ὅτι . . Lys. 24.3, dub.l. in 18.16.
III. Pass., to be envied or begrudged, Hdt.3.52, S.Fr.188, E.El.30; “διὰ σοφίαν φ. ὑπό τινοςX.Mem.4.2.33; “ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλοῖςE.Fr. 814 (lyr.); “φθονηθέντα ὑπὸ ΜοίρηςJRS18.30 (Phrygia): c. gen., to be grudged a thing, “φ. τοῦ γάμου ὑπὸ δαιμονίου τινόςPlu.2.772b.
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