avidity

From LSJ

Οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ ὃ φάγεται καὶ ὃ πίεται καὶ ὃ δείξει τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὸν ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ (Ecclesiastes 2:24, LXX version) → What is good in a human is not what he eats and drinks and shows off to his soul as a benefit of his labor

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

eagerness: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.

greed: P. and V. ἀπληστία, ἡ.