cataphagas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.pʰa.ɡaːs/, [käˈt̪äpʰäɡäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.fa.ɡas/, [käˈt̪äːfäɡäs]

Noun

cataphagās m (genitive cataphagae); first declension

1. glutton

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

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cataphagās	cataphagae
Genitive	cataphagae	cataphagārum
Dative	cataphagae	cataphagīs
Accusative	cataphagān	cataphagās
Ablative	cataphagā	cataphagīs
Vocative	cataphagā	cataphagae

References

• 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