φυλλοτρώγες

English translation: leaf-eating people

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Greek term or phrase:φυλλοτρώγες
English translation:leaf-eating people
Entered by: Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi

10:55 May 11, 2015
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Cooking / Culinary / Ancient Greece
Greek term or phrase: φυλλοτρώγες
Γενικά όμως οι αρχαίοι ήταν λιτοδίαιτοι, γι' αυτό και είχαν αυτοχριστεί «μικροτράπεζοι» και «φυλλοτρώγες»
Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
Greece
Local time: 10:11
leaf-eating people
Explanation:
Που τρώνε φύλλα
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Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:11
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4 +1leaf-eating people
Nick Lingris
3vegetarians
transphy


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
leaf-eating people


Explanation:
Που τρώνε φύλλα

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:11
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 31
Notes to answerer
Asker: Αυτό ακριβώς καταλαβαίνω και εγώ. Χρησιμοποίησα την πρόταση της Λίνας. Ταιριάζει καλύτερα στο κείμενό μου. Και πάλι, ευχαριστώ πολύ.

Asker: Ta!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angeliki Papadopoulou: Θα έλεγα και leaf-eaters. Bonjour!
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
vegetarians


Explanation:
I suspect they might have been the present day 'vegetarians' or 'vegans'!!

transphy
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