σκατοφάγος
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English (LSJ)
(parox.), ον,
A eating dung or dirt, Epich.63, Crobyl.7, Men.825, Sam.205, Pk.204; as epith. of Asclepios, with allusion (cf. Sch.) to a foul practice of Hippocrates, Ar.Pl.706, cf. Arg.Metr.Eq.
German (Pape)
[Seite 890] Koth fressend; Ar. Plut. 706; Epicharm. bei Ath. VII, 321 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκᾰτοφάγος: -ον, (φαγεῖν) ὁ ἐσθίων κόπρον ἢ ἀκαθαρσίας, Έπίχ. 34 Ahr., Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 237· ἐπίθετον τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ μετ’ ἀναφορᾶς (καθ’ ἅ λέγει εἷς τῶν Σχολιαστ.) πρὸς ἀκάθαρτόν τινα ἕξιν τοῦ Ἱπποκράτους, Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 706, πρβλ. Ὑπόθ. μετρ. τῶν τοῦ Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππέων.
