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Headword: *filodwri/a
Adler number: phi,371
Translated headword: bounteousness, generosity
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] gift-giving with zeal.
"Let him benefit from the bounteousness of the enemy".[1]
Greek Original:
*filodwri/a: h( meta\ proqumi/as dwrea/. o( de\ a)polausa/tw th=s tw=n e)xqrw=n filodwri/as.
Notes:
The (rare) headword literally means a love of giving (and receiving?) gifts.
Outside lexicography, it is attested in (e.g.) Lucian (Vitarum auctio 18), Aelian (Varia Historia 9.1), and Clement of Alexandria.
[1] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
Keywords: biography; definition; economics; ethics; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 December 2009@06:29:10.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (expanded note, set status) on 22 December 2009@12:24:49.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 23 December 2009@04:05:36.
David Whitehead on 10 December 2013@09:49:08.
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