The corpus record

φειδωλ-ός

pheidolos

sparing, thrifty

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Republic 9 · 1.01/10k
Eudemian Ethics 2 · 0.77/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Laws 3 · 0.29/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

φειδωλ-ός · pheidōl-os — LSJ

sparing, thrifty, niggard, miser, a niggard, niggardly practices

sparing, thrifty, and as Subst., niggard, miser, Ar. Pl. 237, Eup. 154, Democr. 228, Pl. R. 554a, al.; φ. γαστήρ Ar. Nu. l.c.; φ. γλῶσσα a niggard tongue, i.e. sparing of words, Hes. Op. 720: c. gen., φ. χρημάτων Pl. R. 548b; τόξων Anon. Trop. p.209 S. (cf. φειδωλία II); φ. περί τινα Eus.Mynd. 6; τὸ φ. αὐτοῦ τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. R. 560c; τὸ φ. ἐν δαπάναις Plu. Galb. 3; θνητά τε καὶ φ. οἰκονομοῦσα pursuing earthly and niggardly practices, Pl. Phdr. 256e; φ. μέτρῳ Alciphr. 3.57 (nisi leg. Φειδωνίῳ, cf. s

II merciful

merciful, PMag.Leid.V. 9.3.

In the wild

φειδωλὸς · pheidōlos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
φειδωλὸς · pheidōlos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
φειδωλοὶ · pheidōloi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1121b (DIORISIS sentence 1179)
φειδωλὸς · pheidōlos Plato, Laws 719
φειδωλός · pheidōlos Plato, Laws 743
φειδωλὸς · pheidōlos Plato, Laws 743

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Where it came from

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