σκᾰτοφάγ-ος · skatophag-os — LSJ
eating dung, dirt
eating dung or dirt, Epich. 63, Crobyl. 7, Men. 825, Sam. 205, Pk. 204; as epith. of Asclepios, with allusion (cf. Sch.) to a foul practice of Hippocrates, Ar. Pl. 706, cf. Arg.Metr. Eq.
The corpus record
σκᾰτοφάγ-ος
skatophagos
eating dung
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Where it lives
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- σκατοφάγον · skatophagon Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 564)
Where it came from
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