-φαγία

See also: φαγιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔφαγον (éphagon) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈɡi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈʝi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈʝi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈʝi.a/

Suffix

-φᾰγίᾱ • (-phăgíā) f (genitive -φᾰγίᾱς); first declension

eating

Derived terms

Category Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -φαγία not found

ἀλληλοφαγία (allēlophagía, “eating one another”)
ἀνθρωποφαγία (anthrōpophagía, “cannibalism”)
βοοσφαγία (boosphagía, “slaughter of oxen”)
κυαμοφαγία (kuamophagía, “eating of beans, bean-diet”)
λαγωσφαγία (lagōsphagía, “killing of hares”)
οἰνοφαγία (oinophagía, “vinous food”)
ὀψοφαγία (opsophagía, “dainty living”)
τεκνοφαγία (teknophagía, “devouring children”)

Descendants

Descendants

→ Catalan: -fàgia
→ English: -phagia, -phagy
→ Finnish: -fagia
→ French: -phagie
→ Greek: -φαγία (-fagía) (learned)
→ Italian: -fagia
→ Polish: -fagia
→ Portuguese: -fagia
→ Spanish: -fagia