γαλακτοφάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.lak.to.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.lak.toˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.lak.toˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.lak.toˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.lak.toˈfa.ɣos/
Adjective
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γος • (gălăktophắgos) m or f (neuter γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γου); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γος gălăktophắgos |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γον gălăktophắgon |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γω gălăktophắgō |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γω gălăktophắgō |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοι gălăktophắgoi |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γᾰ gălăktophắgă | ||||||||
| Genitive | γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γου gălăktophắgou |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γου gălăktophắgou |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοιν gălăktophắgoin |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοιν gălăktophắgoin |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γων gălăktophắgōn |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γων gălăktophắgōn | ||||||||
| Dative | γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γῳ gălăktophắgōi |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γῳ gălăktophắgōi |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοιν gălăktophắgoin |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοιν gălăktophắgoin |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοις gălăktophắgois |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοις gălăktophắgois | ||||||||
| Accusative | γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γον gălăktophắgon |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γον gălăktophắgon |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γω gălăktophắgō |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γω gălăktophắgō |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γους gălăktophắgous |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γᾰ gălăktophắgă | ||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γε gălăktophắge |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γον gălăktophắgon |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γω gălăktophắgō |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γω gălăktophắgō |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γοι gălăktophắgoi |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γᾰ gălăktophắgă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰ́γως gălăktophắgōs |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰγώτερος gălăktophăgṓteros |
γᾰλᾰκτοφᾰγώτᾰτος gălăktophăgṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γαλακτοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γαλακτοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γαλακτοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαλακτοφάγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)