ἀφορία, ἡ,
(ἄφορος) not bearing:—hence,
__1 with genitive objecti, non-production, dearth, καρπῶν -ίαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.9; πίττης 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.2.4; παίδων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740c (_plural_); ἀρετῆς 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.430] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, dearth, αἱ ἀ. γίγνονται[[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.10, compare 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 84, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351b14 (_plural_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in subjunctive sense, barrenness, sterility, ἀ. ψυχῆς τε καὶ σωμάτων[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546a; ψυχῶν κρειττόνων εὐφορίαι ἢ ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.337; φρενῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.55.] Refs 5th c.BC+]