phago

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαγών (phagṓn) or Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos).

Pronunciation

Noun

phagō m (genitive phagōnis); third declension

  1. a glutton

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative phagō phagōnēs
genitive phagōnis phagōnum
dative phagōnī phagōnibus
accusative phagōnem phagōnēs
ablative phagōne phagōnibus
vocative phagō phagōnēs

References

  • phago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • phago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • phago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.