The corpus record

παμ-φάγος

pamphagos

all-devouring, voracious

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

παμ-φάγος · pam-phagos — LSJ

all-devouring, voracious

all-devouring, voracious, ὁ π. Ἀλκμάν Alcm. 33.4; πῦρ E. Med. 1187.

II omnivorous

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.

In the wild

παμφάγου · pamphagou Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
παμφάγον · pamphagon Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1149b (DIORISIS sentence 2396)
παμφάγα · pamphaga Aristotle, Politics 1256a (DIORISIS sentence 164)

Where it came from

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