What is the ancient Greek word for “love for food”?

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Philositos “fond of food, fond of eating” occurs in Plato’s Republic 475c. (It’s ambiguous with “fond of wheat”, which is how it is used in Xenophon.) The related noun philositia “fondness of food” turns up at least in Gregory of Nazianzen.

Answered 2016-12-18
[Originally posted on http://quora.com/What-is-the-ancient-Greek-word-for-love-for-food/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]

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