greed

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Γυνὴ γὰρ οἴκῳ πῆμα καὶ σωτηρία → Mulier familiae pestis est, mulier salusBane and salvation to a house is woman → Die Frau ist nämlich Leid und Rettung für das Haus

Menander, Monostichoi, 85

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gluttony: P. ὀψοφαγία, ἡ, γαστριμαργία, ἡ, λιχνεία, ἡ, λαιμαργία, ἡ, V. τὸ μάργον.

insatiability: P. and V. ἀπληστία, ἡ.

taking more than one's share: P. πλεονεξία, ἡ.

greed of money: P. φιλοχρηματία, ἡ, P. and V. αἰσχοκέρδεια, ἡ.

Translations

Albanian: lakmi; Arabic: جَشَع‎, طَمَع‎; Armenian: ագահություն; Assamese: লোভ, খক; Belarusian: хці́васць, сквапнасць, жадасць, хаплі́васць; Bulgarian: алчност; Catalan: avarícia, cobdícia; Chinese Mandarin: 貪心/贪心, 貪欲/贪欲, 貪婪/贪婪; Czech: chamtivost; Dutch: hebzucht, gulzigheid, schraapzucht, hebgierigheid, hebgier; Esperanto: avido; Estonian: ahnus, aplus; Farefare: pʋyã'anɛ; Faroese: gírni, grammleiki; Finnish: ahneus; French: avidité, cupidité; Georgian: სიხარბე, გაუმაძღრობა; German: Gier, Habsucht, Habgier, Raffgier, Raffsucht; Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃, 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉; Greek: απληστία; Ancient Greek: ἀβαρτία, ἀπληστία, ἀπληστίη, ἀδηφαγία, γαστήρ, γαστριμαργία, κακοκέρδεια, κάψις, κερδία, λαβροσύνη, λαιμαργία, λιμβεία, λιχνεία, λιχνότης, μαργοσύνη, μαργότης, μισητία, πλεονεξία, πλεονεξίη, σφιγγία, τενθεία, τὸ φιλοχρήματον, ὑπερβολή, φιλαργυρία, φιλοκέρδεια, φιλοχρηματία; Greenlandic: ueritsanneq; Hebrew: בֶּצַע‎, חַמְדָנוּת‎; Hindi: लालच; Hungarian: kapzsiság, mohóság; Icelandic: græðgi; Ilocano: agum; Indonesian: rakus, serakah; Irish: antlás, gionach, saint; Isnag: axum; Italian: avidità, ingordigia; Japanese: 貪, 欲, 貪欲; Khmer: លោភ, លោភលន់, មហាលោភ; Korean: 탐욕, 욕심; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: çavbirçîtî; Latin: avaritia; Lun Bawang: angaa; Macedonian: алчност, лакомост; Malayalam: അത്യാഗ്രഹം; Navajo: áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ; Nepali: लोभ; Norwegian Bokmål: griskhet, grådighet; Nynorsk: griskheit, grådigheit; Old English: ġītsung; Persian: حرص‎; Plautdietsch: Bejia, Jiez; Polish: chciwość; Portuguese: ganância, cobiça, avareza; Punjabi: ਲਾਲਚ; Romanian: aviditate, lăcomie, avariție; Russian: алчность, жадность, ненасытность; Scottish Gaelic: sannt, sanntachd; Serbo-Croatian Roman: pohlepa, gramžljivost, grabežljivost, halapljivost, srebroljublje, škrtost, požuda; Slovak: chtivosť; Slovene: pohlep; Spanish: codicia, avaricia, gula, glotonería, avidez; Swedish: girighet; Tajik: хасисӣ; Tamil: பேராசை; Telugu: దురాశ; Thai: โลภะ; Tibetan: ཧར་པོ, འདོད་རྔམ; Tocharian B: maune, entse, entsesñe; Turkish: açgözlülük; Ukrainian: жадібність, жадливість, хтивість, ненажерливість; Urdu: طمع‎, لالچ‎; Uzbek: hirs, ochkoʻzlik; Vietnamese: sự tham lam; Welsh: bâr, barau