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πολυφαγία

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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452
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Full diacritics: πολυφᾰγία Medium diacritics: πολυφαγία Low diacritics: πολυφαγία Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΦΑΓΙΑ
Transliteration A: polyphagía Transliteration B: polyphagia Transliteration C: polyfagia Beta Code: polufagi/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A excess in eating, Arist.GA768b29, Ph.1.686, Plu.2.624a, Iamb.Protr. 2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 675] ἡ, das Vielessen; Arist. gen. an. 4, 3; Nicol. bei Ath. X, 415 f.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πολῠφᾰγία: ἡ, ὑπερβολὴ ἐν τῷ τρώγειν, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 4. 3, 20, Πλούτ. 2. 624Α.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
gourmandise, voracité.
Étymologie: πολύς, φαγεῖν.