ἐπίφθονος

ον, τινι, τινι, Adv.
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. EE 1215a10 ; 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.
2. ἐ. ἔχειν πρός τινα to be at enmity with him, ib.3.3.10,8.2.28.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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