λαθροφάγος

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Ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → It is impossible to know the spirit, thought, and mind of any man before he be versed in sovereignty and the laws

Sophocles, Antigone, 175-7

German (Pape)

[Seite 6] heimlich essend, Suid.

Greek Monolingual

-ο (AM λαθροφάγος, -ον)
αυτός που τρώγει κρυφά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λαθρ(ο) + -φάγος (< θ. φαγ-, πρβλ. -φαγ-ον, αόρ. β' του ἐσθίω), πρβλ. κρεο-φάγος, χορτο-φάγος.