σκατοφάγος

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Ψεύδει γὰρ ἡ ‘πίνοια τὴν γνώμην → A second thought proves one's first thought false

Sophocles, Antigone, 389
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Full diacritics: σκᾰτόφᾰγος Medium diacritics: σκατοφάγος Low diacritics: σκατοφάγος Capitals: ΣΚΑΤΟΦΑΓΟΣ
Transliteration A: skatophágos Transliteration B: skatophagos Transliteration C: skatofagos Beta Code: skato/fagos

English (LSJ)

(parox.), ον,

   A eating dung or dirt, Epich.63, Crobyl.7, Men.825, Sam.205, Pk.204; as epith. of Asclepios, with allusion (cf. Sch.) to a foul practice of Hippocrates, Ar.Pl.706, cf. Arg.Metr.Eq.

German (Pape)

[Seite 890] Koth fressend; Ar. Plut. 706; Epicharm. bei Ath. VII, 321 d.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκᾰτοφάγος: -ον, (φαγεῖν) ὁ ἐσθίων κόπρον ἢ ἀκαθαρσίας, Έπίχ. 34 Ahr., Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 237· ἐπίθετον τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ μετ’ ἀναφορᾶς (καθ’ ἅ λέγει εἷς τῶν Σχολιαστ.) πρὸς ἀκάθαρτόν τινα ἕξιν τοῦ Ἱπποκράτους, Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 706, πρβλ. Ὑπόθ. μετρ. τῶν τοῦ Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππέων.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui mange des excréments ; p. ext. avare.
Étymologie: σκατός, gén. de σκώρ et φαγεῖν.