ἀδηφάγος
See also: αδηφάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄδην (ádēn, “satiation, enough”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.dɛː.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.de̝ˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ðiˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ðiˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ðiˈfa.ɣos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γος • (adēphágos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γον); second declension
- gluttonous, greedy
- costly, expensive
Inflection
Second declension of ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γος; ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γον (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γος adēphágos | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γον adēphágon | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γω adēphágō | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γω adēphágō | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοι adēphágoi | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γᾰ adēphága | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γου adēphágou | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γου adēphágou | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοιν adēphágoin | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοιν adēphágoin | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γων adēphágōn | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γων adēphágōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γῳ adēphágōi | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γῳ adēphágōi | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοιν adēphágoin | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοιν adēphágoin | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοις adēphágois | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοις adēphágois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γον adēphágon | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γον adēphágon | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γω adēphágō | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γω adēphágō | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γους adēphágous | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γᾰ adēphága | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γε adēpháge | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γον adēphágon | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γω adēphágō | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γω adēphágō | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γοι adēphágoi | ᾰ̓δηφᾰ́γᾰ adēphága | ||||||||
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References
- “ἀδηφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀδηφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀδηφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀδηφάγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- devouring idem, page 221.
- ravening idem, page 674.