πολυφάγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πουλῠφᾰ́γος (pouluphágos) — Ionic

Etymology

From πολῠ- (polu-, “much, a lot”) +‎ -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.pʰá.ɡos/ → /po.lyˈɸa.ɣos/ → /po.liˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

πολῠφᾰ́γος • (poluphágos) m or f (neuter πολῠφᾰ́γον); second declension

1. eating to excess

Inflection

Second declension of πολῠφᾰ́γος; πολῠφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠφᾰ́γος poluphágos	πολῠφᾰ́γον poluphágon		πολῠφᾰ́γω poluphágō	πολῠφᾰ́γω poluphágō		πολῠφᾰ́γοι poluphágoi	πολῠφᾰ́γᾰ poluphága
Genitive		πολῠφᾰ́γου poluphágou	πολῠφᾰ́γου poluphágou		πολῠφᾰ́γοιν poluphágoin	πολῠφᾰ́γοιν poluphágoin		πολῠφᾰ́γων poluphágōn	πολῠφᾰ́γων poluphágōn
Dative		πολῠφᾰ́γῳ poluphágōi	πολῠφᾰ́γῳ poluphágōi		πολῠφᾰ́γοιν poluphágoin	πολῠφᾰ́γοιν poluphágoin		πολῠφᾰ́γοις poluphágois	πολῠφᾰ́γοις poluphágois
Accusative		πολῠφᾰ́γον poluphágon	πολῠφᾰ́γον poluphágon		πολῠφᾰ́γω poluphágō	πολῠφᾰ́γω poluphágō		πολῠφᾰ́γους poluphágous	πολῠφᾰ́γᾰ poluphága
Vocative		πολῠφᾰ́γε polupháge	πολῠφᾰ́γον poluphágon		πολῠφᾰ́γω poluphágō	πολῠφᾰ́γω poluphágō		πολῠφᾰ́γοι poluphágoi	πολῠφᾰ́γᾰ poluphága
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠφᾰ́γως poluphágōs			πολῠφᾰγώτερος poluphagṓteros			πολῠφᾰγώτᾰτος poluphagṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολῠφᾰγέω (poluphagéō)
• πολῠφᾰγῐ́ᾱ (poluphagíā)

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: Polyphaga
• → Latin: polyphagus

Further reading

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