Φιλοκτέανος

acquisition-loving, acquisitive

Translated by Marcelo Boeri14 Jul 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

6 words

[Meaning one who is] money-loving, property-loving.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλοκτέανος· φιλοχρήματος, φιλοκτήμων.

Betacode

*filokte/anos: filoxrh/matos, filokth/mwn.

Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi185 Theodoridis. The headword is an epic/poetic adjective -- used most famously (in the superlative) in Achilles' criticism of Agamemnon in Homer, Iliad 1.122.

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