ἀνδροφάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.dro.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.droˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.droˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.droˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.droˈfa.ɣos/
Adjective
ἀνδροφᾰ́γος • (androphágos) m or f (neuter ἀνδροφᾰ́γου); second declension
- (of the cyclops) eating men
Inflection
Second declension of ἀνδροφᾰ́γος; ἀνδροφᾰ́γον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γος androphágos | ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon | ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō | ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοι androphágoi | ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphága | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀνδροφᾰ́γου androphágou | ἀνδροφᾰ́γου androphágou | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin | ἀνδροφᾰ́γων androphágōn | ἀνδροφᾰ́γων androphágōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γῳ androphágōi | ἀνδροφᾰ́γῳ androphágōi | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοις androphágois | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοις androphágois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon | ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon | ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō | ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō | ἀνδροφᾰ́γους androphágous | ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphága | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γε andropháge | ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon | ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō | ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō | ἀνδροφᾰ́γοι androphágoi | ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphága | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀνδροφᾰ́γως androphágōs | ἀνδροφᾰγώτερος androphagṓteros | ἀνδροφᾰγώτᾰτος androphagṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀνδροφαγέω (androphagéō)
- Ἀνδροφάγοι (Androphágoi)
References
- ἀνδροφάγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀνδροφάγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀνδροφάγος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀνδροφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀνδροφάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀνδροφάγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)