α469Ἀδηφαγία
greed
[Meaning] insatiability. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] adephagos ["greedy"], [meaning someone] incessantly eating, omnivorous, gourmandizing. "Greedy triremes" would be a name for ones on full pay and…
Ἀδηφαγία· ἡ ἀπληστία. καὶ Ἀδηφάγος, ἀθρόως ἐσθίων, πολυφάγος, γαστρίμαργος. Ἀδηφάγοι τριήρεις λέγοιντ' ἂν αἱ ἐντελόμισθοι καὶ πολλὰ ἀναλίσκουσαι, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν τελείων καὶ…
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