Commentary for Zevachim 62:2

בעי רבא חישב לאכול כזית ביתר מכדי אכילת פרס מהו לאכילת גבוה מדמינן ליה או לאכילת הדיוט מדמינן ליה

This proves it. Raba asked: What if he intended to eat as much as an olive within more than the time required for eating half [a loaf]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A loaf is the size of eight (according to Maim. six) eggs, and half a loaf constitutes the average meal. The eating of forbidden food in general is punishable only if as much as an olive thereof, which is the standard for punishment, is eaten in the time of an average meal.');">¹</span>

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