ἀνδροφάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.dro.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.droˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.droˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.droˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.droˈfa.ɣos/
Adjective
ἀνδροφᾰ́γος • (androphắgos) m or f (neuter ἀνδροφᾰ́γου); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γος androphắgos |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphắgon |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphắgō |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphắgō |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοι androphắgoi |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphắgă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀνδροφᾰ́γου androphắgou |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γου androphắgou |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphắgoin |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphắgoin |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γων androphắgōn |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γων androphắgōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γῳ androphắgōi |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γῳ androphắgōi |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphắgoin |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphắgoin |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοις androphắgois |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοις androphắgois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphắgon |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphắgon |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphắgō |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphắgō |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γους androphắgous |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphắgă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀνδροφᾰ́γε androphắge |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphắgon |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphắgō |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphắgō |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γοι androphắgoi |
ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphắgă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀνδροφᾰ́γως androphắgōs |
ἀνδροφᾰγώτερος androphăgṓteros |
ἀνδροφᾰγώτᾰτος androphăgṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀνδροφαγέω (androphagéō)
- Ἀνδροφάγοι (Androphágoi)
Further reading
- “ἀνδροφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀνδροφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀνδροφάγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀνδροφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀνδροφάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀνδροφάγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)