ἀφορία

A. not bearing:—hence,

1. c. gen. objecti, non-production, dearth, καρπῶν ‐ίαι X. Vect. 4.9; πίττης Thphr. HP 9.2.4; παίδων Pl. Lg. 740c (pl.); ἀρετῆς Ph. 1.430: abs., dearth, αἱ ἀ. γίγνονται Antipho 2.1.10, cf. Lycurg. 84, Arist. Mete. 351b14 (pl.).

2. in subj. sense, barrenness, sterility, ἀ. ψυχῆς τε καὶ σωμάτων Pl. R. 546a; ψυχῶν κρειττόνων εὐφορίαι ἢ ἀ. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.337; φρενῶν X. Smp. 4.55.