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herbivorousποηφάγος (gr.); herbivorus (lat.); herbivor (ger.)

  • Herb-eating; applied to those animals that feed naturally on herbage or the leaves of plants. (OED)
    nutrition
    c. -350 (BC)

    Ὅσων δὲ ὁ βίος ἕλειος καὶ ποηφάγος, πλατὺ τὸ ῥύγχος ἔχουσιν [Those [birds] whose life is spent in swamps and are herbivorous have broad beaks]

    Aristotle (c. 350 BC). De partibus animalium (transl by A.L. Peck 1937) 693a15

    c. -350 (BC)

    καὶ ὅσα μὴ καρχαρόδοντα, πάντα καρποφάγα καὶ ποηφάγα ἐστί, μὴ λίαν κατεχόμενα τῷ πεινῆν, ἔξω τῆς ὑός·αὕτη δ’ ἥκιστα ποηφάγον καὶ καρποφάγον [all that are not saw-toothed, are all eaters of grain and herbage, unless overcome by hunger, apart from the pig. The latter is the least inclined to eat herbage and grain]

    Aristotle (c. 350 BC). Historia animalium (transl. by D.M. Balme 1991) 595a14.

    379

    τὰ μὲν ποηφάγα, τὰ δὲ σαρκοβόρα

    Gregorius Nazianzenus (379). De theologia libri quinque: 23.

    1522

    rursum alia herbiuora, alia carniuora

    Mosellanus, P. (transl.) (1522). Gregorius Nazianzenus, De theologia libri quinque, in: Opera, e graeco sermone in latinum uersa: [lib. II]

    1604

    Armatus, scelerum plenos cultusque nephandi:/ Scilicet Herbivoræ erucæ, aligeræ & locustæ /Quæ populant messes; tenerasque erodere frundes/ Audaces Bruchi, Rubigo hirsutaque Campe

    Rhumel, J.C. (1604). Dodecadis Fatidicae: B3.

    1612

    Alimenta mollia sint quoad consistentiam, facilia coctu, & ex has pisces, & expiscium partibus capita ас ventres: ex carnibus domestica, herbivora, multibiba, senella, exsanguia, foemella, castrata, alba, nuda, minus exercitata, ex locis humidis

    Bicker, J. (1612). Hermes redivivus: 224.

    1618

    alia animalia sunt carnivora, alia herbivora

    Sennert, D. (1618). Epitome naturalis scientiae: 572 (7, 10).

    1620

    hactenus herbivora tetigimus cicura

    Mayer, M. (1620). Aenigmata aureoa: 161.

    1626

    Aves sunt [...] carnivora, piscivora, frugivora seu seminelege, vermivora, herbivora, vel multivora

    Alsted, H.H. (1626). Alstedii compendium philosophicum: 229.

    1661
    herbivorous [...] eating grasse or plants
    Lovell, R. (1661). Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive panzoologico-mineralogia, or a Compleat History of Animals and Minerals: Introd. (according to OED).