νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῠ́ξ (nŭ́x) +‎ λαθραῖος (lathraîos) +‎ φάγος (phágos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.tʰrai̯.o.pʰá.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.tʰrɛ.oˈpʰa.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.θrɛ.oˈɸa.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.θre.oˈfa.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nik.ti.la.θre.oˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

νυκτῐλαθραιοφάγος • (nuktĭlathraiophágos) m or f (neuter νυκτῐλαθραιοφάγον); second declension

eating secretly at night

Declension

Second declension of νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος; νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος nŭktĭlăthraiophắgos	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοι nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoi	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γᾰ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgă
Genitive	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γου nŭktĭlăthraiophắgou	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γου nŭktĭlăthraiophắgou	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γων nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōn	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γων nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōn
Dative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γῳ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōi	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γῳ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōi	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοις nŭktĭlăthraiophắgois	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοις nŭktĭlăthraiophắgois
Accusative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γους nŭktĭlăthraiophắgous	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γᾰ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgă
Vocative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γε nŭktĭlăthraiophắge	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοι nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoi	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γᾰ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γως nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōs		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰγώτερος nŭktĭlăthraiophăgṓteros		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰγώτᾰτος nŭktĭlăthraiophăgṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

νυκταλωπία (nuktalōpía)
νυκτάλωψ (nuktálōps)
νυκτερίς (nukterís)
νυκτηγορέω (nuktēgoréō)
νυκτηγορία (nuktēgoría)
νυκτηρεφής (nuktērephḗs)
νυκτίβρομος (nuktíbromos)
νυκτίπλαγκτος (nuktíplanktos)
νυκτιπλανής (nuktiplanḗs)
νυκτιπόλος (nuktipólos)
νυκτίσεμνος (nuktísemnos)
νυκτιφαής (nuktiphaḗs)
νυκτίφαντος (nuktíphantos)
νυκτίφοιτος (nuktíphoitos)
νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ (nŭktophŭ́lăx)
νυχθήμερον (nukhthḗmeron)
νυχθήμερος (nukhthḗmeros)
παννύχιος (pannúkhios)
παννυχίς (pannukhís)

References

“νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011