ἀπληστία

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φιλεῖ δέ τοι, δαιμόνιε, τῷ κάμνοντι συσπεύδειν θεός → you know, my good fellow, when a man strives hard, a god tends to lend him aid

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Transliteration A: aplēstía Transliteration B: aplēstia Transliteration C: aplistia Beta Code: a)plhsti/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A insatiate desire, greediness, whether of food or money, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀπληστίας Pherecr.156; εἰς τοσαύτην ἀ. ἀφίκοντο Lys.12.19, cf. D.36.44; διὰ τὴν ἀ. Pl.Grg.493b; ἀ. τρόπων D.22.67 (interpol.); γαστρός Ph.1.360.    2 c. gen. rei, insatiate desire of, πλούτου, χρυσοῦ, Pl.R.562b, Lg.831d; λέχους E.Andr.218; τῆς εὐχῆς, referring to Midas, Arist.Pol.1257b16; τοῦ θεωρεῖν Ph.1.12.