self-indulgence

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ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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subs.

P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.).

Intemperance: P. ἀκολασία, ἡ, ἀκράτεια, ἡ.