ἀπληστία
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 292] , ἡ, Unersättlichkeit, πλούτου, unersättliche Begierde nach Reichthum, Plat. Rep. VIII, 562 b; χρυσοῦ Legg. VIII, 831 d; Lys. 12, 19; τρόπων Dem. 24, 123; Sp.
