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Headword: Gastris
Adler number: gamma,72
Translated headword: Glutton
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

One who is powerless concerning his stomach.[1] Thus they also call one who has tapeworms.[2]

Greek Original:

Gastris: ho peri gastera akratês. kalousi d' houtô kai ton helminthas echonta.

Notes:

[1] So e.g. Aristophanes, Birds 1604, Thesmophoriazusae 816.
[2] Attested only in lexicography.

Keywords: comedy; definition; food; medicine
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 17 June 2002@00:35:06.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (added notes and keyword) on 17 June 2002@06:54:33.

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