Φιλαργυρία

love of money, avarice

Translated by David Whitehead16 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words
A supposition that money is a good thing.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλαργυρία· ὑπόληψις τοῦ τὸ ἀργύριον καλὸν εἶναι.

Betacode
*filarguri/a: u(po/lhyis tou= to\ a)rgu/rion kalo\n ei)=nai.

Notes

  1. A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.111.

Neighbouring entries

φ302Φιλανθρωπηθείςhaving been treated humanelyφ303Φιλαπεχθήμωνfond of making enemies, quarrelsomeφ304Φιλαργυρίαlove of money, avariceφ305Φιλαυτίαςof self-loveφ306ΦιλαίαςPhilaias
Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. added keyword — Catharine Roth
  3. cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
  4. added keyword — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“love of money, avarice.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 16 November 2001. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/phi/304>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/phi/304>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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