κασιοβόρος

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Transliteration A: kasiobóros Transliteration B: kasioboros Transliteration C: kasiovoros Beta Code: kasiobo/ros

English (LSJ)

ον, A eating cassia, of a worm, Hsch.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κᾰσιοβόρος: -ον, τρώγων κασίαν, ἐπὶ σκώληκος, «κασιοβόρος· ἐν κασίᾳ γινόμενος σκώληξ» Ἡσύχ.

Greek Monolingual

κασιοβόρος, -ον (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.). (για σκουλήκι) αυτός που τρώγει κασία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κασία + -βόρος (< βορά «τροφή»), πρβλ. αιμο-βόρος, ψυχο-βόρος].