ἐχιδνοφαγία
From LSJ
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A eating of vipers, Dsc.Eup.1.227.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1126] ἡ, das Essen von Nattern, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐχιδνοφαγία: ἡ, τὸ ἐσθίειν ἐχίδνας, Διοσκ. 1. 234.
Greek Monolingual
ἐχιδνοφαγία, ἡ (Α)
το να τρώει κάποιος έχιδνες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < έχιδνα + -φαγία (< -φαγος < θ. φαγ- του αορ. β' έ-φαγ-ον του ρ. εσθίω), πρβλ. αεροφαγία, πολυφαγία].
