λαφύκτης

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Transliteration A: laphýktēs Transliteration B: laphyktēs Transliteration C: lafyktis Beta Code: lafu/kths

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ,

   A gourmand, Arist.EE1232a16.

German (Pape)

[Seite 19] ὁ, Schlemmer, eigtl. der gierig hinunterschlingt, Prasser, Ath. XI, 485 a, οἱ εἰς τὰς μέθας καὶ τὰς ἀσωτίας πολλὰ ἀναλίσκοντες.

Greek Monolingual

λαφύκτης, ὁ (Α) λαφύσσω
αυτός που καταβροχθίζει άπληστα, λαίμαργος άνθρωπος.