Φιλοδωρία

bounteousness, generosity

Translated by David Whitehead22 Dec 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] gift-giving with zeal.
"Let him benefit from the bounteousness of the enemy".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλοδωρία· ἡ μετὰ προθυμίας δωρεά. ὁ δὲ ἀπολαυσάτω τῆς τῶν ἐχθρῶν φιλοδωρίας.

Betacode

*filodwri/a: h( meta\ proqumi/as dwrea/. o( de\ a)polausa/tw th=s tw=n e)xqrw=n filodwri/as.

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.
1Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable. ↩

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