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καρποφάγος

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Ἐν γὰρ γυναιξὶ πίστιν οὐκ ἔξεστ' ἰδεῖν → Vix feminarum in genere reperies fidem → Bei Frauen lässt sich Treue nämlich nicht erspäh'n

Menander, Monostichoi, 161
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Transliteration A: karpophágos Transliteration B: karpophagos Transliteration C: karpofagos Beta Code: karpofa/gos

English (LSJ)

[φᾰ], ον,

   A living on fruit, opp. σαρκοφάγος, παμφάγος, ζῷα Arist.HA488a15, cf. Pol.1256a25, Max.Tyr.35.7.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1329] Früchte essend, von Früchten lebend, Arist. polit. 1, 8 H. A. 1, 1.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καρποφάγος: -ον, ἔχων ὡς τροφὴν τοὺς καρπούς, τρώγων καρπούς, ἀντίθετον πρὸς τὰς λέξεις ζῳοφάγος, σαρκοφάγος καὶ παμφάγος, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 1, 26, Πολιτικ. 1. 8, 5, κ. ἀλλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui se nourrit de fruits.
Étymologie: καρπός, φαγεῖν.