ταυροφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) +‎ -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.pʰá.ɡos/ → /ta.βroˈɸa.ɣos/ → /ta.vroˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taw.roˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βroˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.vroˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.vroˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

ταυροφᾰ́γος • (taurophágos) m or f (neuter ταυροφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. bull-eating (epithet of Dionysus)

Inflection

Second declension of ταυροφᾰ́γος; ταυροφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ταυροφᾰ́γος taurophágos	ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon		ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō	ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō		ταυροφᾰ́γοι taurophágoi	ταυροφᾰ́γᾰ taurophága
Genitive		ταυροφᾰ́γου taurophágou	ταυροφᾰ́γου taurophágou		ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin	ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin		ταυροφᾰ́γων taurophágōn	ταυροφᾰ́γων taurophágōn
Dative		ταυροφᾰ́γῳ taurophágōi	ταυροφᾰ́γῳ taurophágōi		ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin	ταυροφᾰ́γοιν taurophágoin		ταυροφᾰ́γοις taurophágois	ταυροφᾰ́γοις taurophágois
Accusative		ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon	ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon		ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō	ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō		ταυροφᾰ́γους taurophágous	ταυροφᾰ́γᾰ taurophága
Vocative		ταυροφᾰ́γε tauropháge	ταυροφᾰ́γον taurophágon		ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō	ταυροφᾰ́γω taurophágō		ταυροφᾰ́γοι taurophágoi	ταυροφᾰ́γᾰ taurophága
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ταυροφᾰ́γως taurophágōs			ταυροφᾰγώτερος taurophagṓteros			ταυροφᾰγώτᾰτος taurophagṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ταυροφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ταυροφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette