βρῶμα
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (βιβρώσκω)
A that which is eaten, food, meat, Hp. VM6, Th.4.26, al.: metaph., Ar.Fr.333: freq. in pl., Hp.VM3, Antiph.246, Pl.Criti.115b, etc.; opp. ὄψα, Sosip.1.30. II cavity in a tooth, Hp.Epid.4.25, Dse.1.105, Archig. ap. Gal.12.859. 2 moth-eating, in pl., LXX Ep.Je.12. III pl., filth, ordure, prob. in Ev.Marc.7.19; cf. βρῶμος (B).
German (Pape)
[Seite 467] τό, 1) Speise, Hippocr. u. Com. oft; Thuc. 4, 26; bei Plat. gew. mit πῶμα vrbdn, z. B. Critia. 115 b, wie Xen. Mem. 4, 7, 9. – 2) das Angefressene, Hippocr.
