avidity

From LSJ

Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 417

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

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

greed: P. and V. ἀπληστία, ἡ.