ἰχθυοφάγος

See also: ἰχθυόφαγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῐ̓χθῠφάγος (ikhthuphágos), ῐ̓χθῠφάγος (ikhthuphágos), ῐ̓χθῠόφᾰγος (ikhthuóphagos)

Etymology

From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”) +‎ -φᾰ́γος (-phágos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.pʰá.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.oˈpʰa.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈɸa.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈfa.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θi.oˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος • (ikhthuophágos) m or f (neuter ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον); second declension

eating fish
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 345E
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.19, (compare Strabo, Geography 769, Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.33.4)
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 720

Inflection

Second declension of ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος; ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος ikhthuophágos	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοι ikhthuophágoi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuophága
Genitive	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γου ikhthuophágou	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γου ikhthuophágou	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γων ikhthuophágōn	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γων ikhthuophágōn
Dative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γῳ ikhthuophágōi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γῳ ikhthuophágōi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοις ikhthuophágois	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοις ikhthuophágois
Accusative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γους ikhthuophágous	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuophága
Vocative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γε ikhthuopháge	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοι ikhthuophágoi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuophága
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: ichthyophage

References

“ἰχθυοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἰχθυοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

ἰχθυοφάγος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Descendants

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