anthropophagus

English

Etymology

From Latin. Rarer than the plural anthropophagi. Attested in the 1623 edition of Shakespeare's Othello.

Noun

anthropophagus (plural anthropophagi)

1. A man-eater; a cannibal.
   • 1831, T. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, 1858, p. 23

     That same hair-mantled, flint-hurling Aboriginal Anthropophagus.

Related terms

• Androphagi

Anagrams

• phonautographs

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.tʰroːˈpo.pʰa.ɡus/, [än̪t̪ʰroːˈpɔpʰäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.troˈpo.fa.ɡus/, [än̪t̪roˈpɔːfäɡus]

Noun

anthrōpophagus m (genitive anthrōpophagī); second declension

1. cannibal, man-eater

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	anthrōpophagus	anthrōpophagī
genitive	anthrōpophagī	anthrōpophagōrum
dative	anthrōpophagō	anthrōpophagīs
accusative	anthrōpophagum	anthrōpophagōs
ablative	anthrōpophagō	anthrōpophagīs
vocative	anthrōpophage	anthrōpophagī

Descendants

• Catalan: antropòfag
• French: anthropophage
• Galician: antropófago
• Italian: antropofago
• Portuguese: antropófago
• Spanish: antropófago

References

• “anthropophagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anthropophagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• anthropophagus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016