πολυποσία

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τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ πᾶσι βροτοῖσιν → all mortals have by nature an insatiable appetite for success, our mortal state with bliss is never satiate, success is something for which humanity is insatiatable

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Full diacritics: πολῠποσία Medium diacritics: πολυποσία Low diacritics: πολυποσία Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΠΟΣΙΑ
Transliteration A: polyposía Transliteration B: polyposia Transliteration C: polyposia Beta Code: poluposi/a

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (πόσις)

   A hard-drinking, Hp.Aph.7.7, Plb. 5.15.2, Ph.1.682, Demoph.Sim.49.

German (Pape)

[Seite 669] ἡ, das Vieltrinken; Pol. 5, 15, 2; Luc. Paras. 16 im plur.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πολῠποσία: Ἰων. ἡ, (πόσις) τὸ πολὺ πίνειν, τὸ πίνειν πολὺν οἶνον, (πρβλ. πολυδαισία), Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1258, Πολύβ. 5. 15, 2, κτλ.