Ἀφνειός
prosperous
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Applicable to] the rich man.1
And [wealth which comes] out of a single year is calleda)/fenos ["prosperity"], whereas plou=tos [comes] out of long periods of time. Homer [writes]: "to pile up prosperity and wealth."2 And the same [author] says elsewhere: "by which they live well and are called prosperous."3 As being merely called prosperous, but in truth not being so.
And [wealth which comes] out of a single year is called