appetite
From LSJ
Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) → Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Desire: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ.
Appetite for food: P. and V. γαστήρ, ἡ.
Hunger: P. πεῖνα, ἡ.
Appetite for, desire for: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ (gen.), πόθος, ὁ (gen.) (Plat. but rare P.); see desire.
A slave to one's appetite: P. γαστρὸς ἥσσων (Xen.), V. νηδύος ἡσσημένος (Eur., Frag.).
Measuring happiness by appetite and base desires: τῇ γαστρὶ μετροῦντες καὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν (Dem. 324).
