ἰχθυοφάγος

See also: ἰχθυόφαγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῐ̓χθῠφάγος (ĭkhthŭphágos), ῐ̓χθῠφάγος (ĭkhthŭphágos), ῐ̓χθῠόφᾰγος (ĭkhthŭóphăgos)

Etymology

From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s, “fish”) +‎ -φᾰ́γος (-phắgos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.pʰá.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.oˈpʰa.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈɸa.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈfa.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θi.oˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος • (ĭkhthŭophắgos) m or f (neuter ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον); second declension

eating fish
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 345E
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.19, (compare Strabo, Geography 769, Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.33.4)
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 720

Inflection

Second declension of ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος; ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος ĭkhthŭophắgos	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ĭkhthŭophắgon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ĭkhthŭophắgō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ĭkhthŭophắgō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοι ĭkhthŭophắgoi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ĭkhthŭophắgă
Genitive	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γου ĭkhthŭophắgou	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γου ĭkhthŭophắgou	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ĭkhthŭophắgoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ĭkhthŭophắgoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γων ĭkhthŭophắgōn	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γων ĭkhthŭophắgōn
Dative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γῳ ĭkhthŭophắgōi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γῳ ĭkhthŭophắgōi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ĭkhthŭophắgoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ĭkhthŭophắgoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοις ĭkhthŭophắgois	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοις ĭkhthŭophắgois
Accusative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ĭkhthŭophắgon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ĭkhthŭophắgon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ĭkhthŭophắgō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ĭkhthŭophắgō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γους ĭkhthŭophắgous	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ĭkhthŭophắgă
Vocative	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γε ĭkhthŭophắge	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ĭkhthŭophắgon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ĭkhthŭophắgō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ĭkhthŭophắgō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοι ĭkhthŭophắgoi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ĭkhthŭophắgă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: ichthyophage

References

“ἰχθυοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἰχθυοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers