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Definition of Omophagia
1. Noun. The eating of raw food.
Definition of Omophagia
1. Noun. the eating of raw food, especially raw flesh ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Omophagia
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Omophagia
1. The eating of raw food, especially of raw flesh. Origin: G. Omos, raw, + phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Omophagia
Literary usage of Omophagia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cretan Elements in the Cults and Ritual of Apollo by Mary Hamilton Swindler (1913)
"They contained certain elements essentially Cretan, for example, the omophagia,
or feast of raw flesh, through which communion with the deity was brought ..."
2. Catalogue by Syracuse University, St. Louis, Public school library (1914)
"It had a tendency to pick up some ancient and degraded rite, such as the omophagia,
above mentioned, or the sacramental purification by rubbing the body ..."
3. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769,1770 by James Bruce (1813)
"The Greeks had their bloody feasts and sacrifices where they ate living flesh ;
these were called omophagia. ..."
4. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1804)
"The Greeks had their bloody feasts and sacrifices where they ate living flesh ;
these were called omophagia. Arnobius f says, " Let us pass over the horrid ..."
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