A.freedom from envy or grudging, liberality, “πᾶσαν προθυμίαν καὶ ἀφθονίαν εἴχομεν ἀλλήλους διδάσκειν” Pl.Prt.327b.
II. of things, plenty, abundance, Pi.N.3.9; “τῶν ὠφελούντων” Pl.Ap.24e, cf. 23c; “κακῶν” Men.589; ἀφθονίας οὔσης ὀργίζεσθαι abundance of matter for . . , Lys.12.2; “ἀ. ἦν καταπίνειν” Telecl.1.10; “τοσαύτην ἀ. κατηγοριῶν” D.21.102; εἰς ἀ. in abundance, X.An.7.1.33; opp. ἀφορία, Id.Smp.4.55: pl., “καρπῶν ἀφθονίησι” Emp.78.
III. = κακία, Hsch.