ἰχθυφάγος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.pʰá.ɡos/ → /ix.θyˈɸa.ɣos/ → /ix.θiˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰyˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θyˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θyˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θiˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γος • (ikhthuphágos) m or f (neuter ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γον); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos)
   • Palatine Anthology 9.83

Declension

Second declension of ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γος; ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γος ikhthuphágos	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γον ikhthuphágon		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γω ikhthuphágō	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γω ikhthuphágō		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοι ikhthuphágoi	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuphága
Genitive		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γου ikhthuphágou	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γου ikhthuphágou		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuphágoin	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuphágoin		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γων ikhthuphágōn	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γων ikhthuphágōn
Dative		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γῳ ikhthuphágōi	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γῳ ikhthuphágōi		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuphágoin	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuphágoin		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοις ikhthuphágois	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοις ikhthuphágois
Accusative		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γον ikhthuphágon	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γον ikhthuphágon		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γω ikhthuphágō	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γω ikhthuphágō		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γους ikhthuphágous	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuphága
Vocative		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γε ikhthupháge	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γον ikhthuphágon		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γω ikhthuphágō	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γω ikhthuphágō		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γοι ikhthuphágoi	ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuphága
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῐ̓χθῠφᾰ́γως ikhthuphágōs			ῐ̓χθῠφᾰγώτερος ikhthuphagṓteros			ῐ̓χθῠφᾰγώτᾰτος ikhthuphagṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: ichthyphagous

Further reading

• “ἰχθυφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰχθυφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰχθυφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette