φθόνος

De Vaan tentatively suggests a connection with φθάνω (phthánō, “to anticipate, be ahead of”). According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰen-.

φθόνος • (phthónos) m (genitive φθόνου); second declension

1. envy, jealousy
2. malice, grudge, ill will
3. cause for indignation, reproach
4. jealousy of the gods
5. refusal for feelings of ill will or envy, grudging

• Greek: φτόνος (ftónos)
• → Coptic: ⲫⲑⲟⲛⲟⲥ (phthonos)
• → Greek: φθόνος (fthónos)

• “φθόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φθόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φθόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “φθόνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5355 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • animus idem, page 30.
  • denial idem, page 210.
  • disfavour idem, page 233.
  • displeasure idem, page 237.
  • envy idem, page 279.
  • grudge idem, page 376.
  • grudging idem, page 376.
  • hatred idem, page 388.
  • hostility idem, page 407.
  • ill will idem, page 416.
  • jealousy idem, page 462.
  • loathing idem, page 496.
  • malice idem, page 510.
  • malignity idem, page 510.
  • mischief idem, page 533.
  • odium idem, page 569.
  • offence idem, page 571.
  • pique idem, page 614.
  • prejudice idem, page 634.
  • rancour idem, page 670.
  • refusal idem, page 685.
  • reluctance idem, page 692.
  • repulse idem, page 699.
  • revenge idem, page 709.
  • spite idem, page 802.
  • stint idem, page 818.
  • unpopularity idem, page 927.
  • venom idem, page 947.
  • will idem, page 979.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φθόνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1571

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φθόνος (phthónos). Doublet of φτόνος (ftónos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfθo.nos/
• Hyphenation: φθό‧νος

φθόνος • (fthónos) m (uncountable)

1. envy, jealousy

• ζήλεια f (zíleia)
• ζηλοφθονία f (zilofthonía)