παμφάγος

pamphagos

all-devouring, voracious

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488a15
Book VIII 7
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

590b10

Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

593b14
593b25

Chapter 4 594a4–24

594a5

Chapter 5 594a25–595a6

594b5

Chapter 11 596b10–18

596b10
596b12
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1234a6
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 6 1149a24–1150a8

1149b34
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 6 785b16–786b6

786a34
Politics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1256a1–1256b39

1256a25

Dictionary (LSJ)

παμφάγος [ᾰ], ον, A. all-devouring, voracious, ὁ π. Ἀλκμάν Alcm. 33.4; πῦρ E. Med. 1187. II. omnivorous, ζῷα (opp. ζῳοφάγα, καρποφάγα) Arist. Pol. 1256a25, cf. HA 488a15, 593b25; τῶν π., οἷς πάντα ἐσθίειν νόμος Jul. Or. 6.192d: Comp., τὰ -ώτερα ποικιλώτερα Arist. GA 786a34: Sup., -ώτατον πάντων ὁ βοῦς Thphr. HP 9.15.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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