The corpus record

λίχνος

lichnos

gluttonous

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Where it lives

Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

λίχνος · lichnos — LSJ

gluttonous

gluttonous, X. Mem. 1.2.2, Pl. R. 354b, Plb. 3.57.7, Gal. 6.716; τὰ περὶ τὴν τροφὴν λίχνοι Clitarch. 1 J.: c. gen., τῶν ἐν διαίτῃ ποικιλμάτων Epicur. Sent.Vat. 69: metaph., λ. τὴν ψυχήν Pl. R. 579b: Comp. -ότερος Sophr. 62: Sup. -ότατος Arist. HA 594a6.

2 curious, inquisitive, lewd, curious after

metaph., curious, inquisitive, E. l.c.; ὄμματα λ. Call. Fr. 107, AP 12.106 (Mel.); lewd, Crates Theb. 4: c. gen., curious after, τοῦ κεκρυμμένου E. Fr. 1063.8; c. inf., λ. εἰμὶ καὶ τὸ πεύθεσθαι Call. Fr. 98d.

II luxurious, appetizing

of things, luxurious, appetizing, ὄψα, ἐδέσματα, Gal. Anim.Pass. 6.

In the wild

λίχνος · lichnos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 5337)
λίχνοις · lichnois Epictetus, Discourses 1.18 (DIORISIS sentence 910)
λίχνοι · lichnoi Plato, Republic 1.354 (DIORISIS sentence 846)
λίχνῳ · lichnōi Plato, Republic 9.579 (DIORISIS sentence 5498)
λίχνους · lichnous Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.2 (DIORISIS sentence 55)

Where it came from

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