appetite
From LSJ
Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) → Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
desire: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ.
appetite for food: P. and V. γαστήρ, ἡ.
Appetite for, desire for: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ (gen.), πόθος, ὁ (gen.) (Plat. but rare P.); see desire.
A slave to one's appetite: P. γαστρὸς ἥσσων (Xen.), V. νηδύος ἡσσημένος (Eur., Frag.).
Measuring happiness by appetite and base desires: τῇ γαστρὶ μετροῦντες καὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν (Dem. 324).
