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=== Gluttony === {{Main|Gluttony}} [[File:Albert_Anker_-_Stillleben_-_UnmΓ€ssigkeit.jpg|thumb|''Still life: Excess'' ([[Albert Anker]], 1896)]] Gluttony is the overindulgence and [[overconsumption]] of anything to the point of excess. The word derives from the Latin {{lang|la|gluttire}}, meaning 'to gulp down' or 'to swallow'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latin Definition for: gluttio, gluttire, -, β (ID: 21567) β Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources β Latdict |url=https://latin-dictionary.net/definition/21567/gluttio-gluttire |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=latin-dictionary.net}}</ref> One reason for condemning gluttony is that gorging by prosperous people may leave needy people hungry.<ref name="Okholm 2000">Okholm, Dennis. [http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2000/september4/3.62.html "Rx for Gluttony"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324175340/http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2000/september4/3.62.html |date=2016-03-24 }}. ''[[Christianity Today]]'', Vol. 44, No. 10, 11 September 2000, p.62</ref> Medieval church leaders such as [[Thomas Aquinas]] took a more expansive view of gluttony,<ref name="Okholm 2000"/> arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, as well as overindulgence in delicacies and costly foods. Aquinas listed five forms of gluttony:<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm|title=Gluttony|encyclopedia=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|access-date=2007-09-18|archive-date=2010-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613024328/http://newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{lang|la|Laute}} β eating too expensively * {{lang|la|Studiose}} β eating too daintily * {{lang|la|Nimis}} β eating too much * {{lang|la|Praepropere}} β eating too soon * {{lang|la|Ardenter}} β eating too eagerly
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