cataphagas

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταφαγᾶς (kataphagâs), from καταφαγεῖν (kataphageîn), aorist of κατεσθίω (katesthíō, I eat up).

Pronunciation

Noun

cataphagās m (genitive cataphagae); first declension

  1. glutton
    Synonyms: comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

singular plural
nominative cataphagās cataphagae
genitive cataphagae cataphagārum
dative cataphagae cataphagīs
accusative cataphagān cataphagās
ablative cataphagā cataphagīs
vocative cataphagā cataphagae

References

  • cataphagas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cataphagas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • cataphagas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κατεσθίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press