cataphagas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταφαγᾶς (kataphagâs), from καταφαγεῖν (kataphageîn), aorist of κατεσθίω (katesthíō, “I eat up”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈta.pʰa.ɡaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈt̪aː.fa.ɡas]

cataphagās m (genitive cataphagae); first declension

1. glutton

   Synonyms: comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās).

• cataphagas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• cataphagas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “cataphagas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κατεσθίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press