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starvation

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

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substantive

P. and V. λιμός, ὁ, V. ἀσιτία, ἡ, P. λιμοκτονία, ἡ (Plato).