ἀπληστία

aplestia

insatiate desire, greediness

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 6
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Book VIII 4
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562c5
555b9
562b6
562b10
Book IX 2
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586b3
590b8
Laws 3
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Book II 1
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665c6
Book V 1
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736e3
Book VIII 1
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831d4
Gorgias 1
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493b3
Hipparchus 1
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226d8
Letters 1
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354d3
Timaeus 1
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73a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπληστία, ἡ, A. insatiate desire, greediness, whether of food or money, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀπληστίας Pherecr. 156; εἰς τοσαύτην ἀ. ἀφίκοντο Lys. 12.19, cf. D. 36.44; διὰ τὴν ἀ. Pl. Grg. 493b; ἀ. τρόπων D. 22.67 (interpol.); γαστρός Ph. 1.360. 2. c. gen. rei, insatiate desire of, πλούτου, χρυσοῦ, Pl. R. 562b, Lg. 831d; λέχους E. Andr. 218; τῆς εὐχῆς, referring to Midas, Arist. Pol. 1257b16; τοῦ θεωρεῖν Ph. 1.12.

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