γαστρίμαργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γᾰστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”) +‎ μᾰ́ργος (márgos, “greedy, gluttonous”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡas.trí.mar.ɡos/ → /ɣasˈtri.mar.ɣos/ → /ɣasˈtri.mar.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡas.trí.mar.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtri.mar.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣasˈtri.mar.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣasˈtri.mar.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣasˈtri.mar.ɣos/

Adjective

γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος • (gastrímargos) m or f (neuter γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργον); second declension

1. gluttonous, voracious, ravenous

   Synonyms: ἀδηφᾰ́γος (adēphágos), λαίμᾰργος (laímargos), μᾰ́ργος (márgos)

Inflection

Second declension of γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος; γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος gastrímargos	γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργον gastrímargon		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργω gastrimárgō	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργω gastrimárgō		γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργοι gastrímargoi	γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργᾰ gastrímarga
Genitive		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργου gastrimárgou	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργου gastrimárgou		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργοιν gastrimárgoin	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργοιν gastrimárgoin		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργων gastrimárgōn	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργων gastrimárgōn
Dative		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργῳ gastrimárgōi	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργῳ gastrimárgōi		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργοιν gastrimárgoin	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργοιν gastrimárgoin		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργοις gastrimárgois	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργοις gastrimárgois
Accusative		γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργον gastrímargon	γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργον gastrímargon		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργω gastrimárgō	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργω gastrimárgō		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργους gastrimárgous	γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργᾰ gastrímarga
Vocative		γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργε gastrímarge	γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργον gastrímargon		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργω gastrimárgō	γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργω gastrimárgō		γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργοι gastrímargoi	γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργᾰ gastrímarga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		γᾰστρῐμᾰ́ργως gastrimárgōs			γᾰστρῐμᾰργότερος gastrimargóteros			γᾰστρῐμᾰργότᾰτος gastrimargótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γᾰστρῐμᾰργέω (gastrimargéō)
• γᾰστρῐμᾰργῐ́ᾱ (gastrimargíā)

 

Further reading

• “γαστρίμαργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαστρίμαργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γαστρίμαργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαστρίμαργος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)