ταυροφάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tau̯.ro.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /taw.roˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ta.βroˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ta.vroˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ta.vroˈfa.ɣos/
Adjective
ταυροφᾰ́γος • (taurophágos) m or f (neuter ταυροφᾰ́γου); second declension
- bull-eating (epithet of Dionysus)
Inflection
Second declension of ταυροφᾰ́γος; ταυροφᾰ́γον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ταυροφᾰ́γος taurophágos | ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon | ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō | ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō | ταυροφᾰ́γοι taurophágoi | ταυροφᾰ́γᾰ taurophága | ||||||||
Genitive | ταυροφᾰ́γου taurophágou | ταυροφᾰ́γου taurophágou | ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin | ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin | ταυροφᾰ́γων taurophágōn | ταυροφᾰ́γων taurophágōn | ||||||||
Dative | ταυροφᾰ́γῳ taurophágōi | ταυροφᾰ́γῳ taurophágōi | ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin | ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin | ταυροφᾰ́γοις taurophágois | ταυροφᾰ́γοις taurophágois | ||||||||
Accusative | ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon | ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon | ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō | ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō | ταυροφᾰ́γους taurophágous | ταυροφᾰ́γᾰ taurophága | ||||||||
Vocative | ταυροφᾰ́γε tauropháge | ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon | ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō | ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō | ταυροφᾰ́γοι taurophágoi | ταυροφᾰ́γᾰ taurophága | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ταυροφᾰ́γως taurophágōs | ταυροφᾰγώτερος taurophagṓteros | ταυροφᾰγώτᾰτος taurophagṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- ταυροφάγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ταυροφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette