-φαγία

See also: φαγιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔφαγον (éphagon) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡí.aː/ → /ɸaˈʝi.a/ → /faˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈʝi.a/

Suffix

-φᾰγίᾱ • (-phagíā) f (genitive -φᾰγίᾱς); first declension

1. eating

Derived terms

Category Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -φαγία not found

• ἀλληλοφαγία (allēlophagía, “eating one another”)
• ἀνθρωποφαγία (anthrōpophagía, “cannibalism”)
• βοοσφαγία (boosphagía, “slaughter of oxen”)
• κυαμοφαγία (kuamophagía, “eating of beans, bean-diet”)
• λαγωσφαγία (lagōsphagía, “killing of hares”)
• οἰνοφαγία (oinophagía, “vinous food”)
• ὀψοφαγία (opsophagía, “dainty living”)
• τεκνοφαγία (teknophagía, “devouring children”)

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: -fàgia
• → English: -phagia, -phagy
• → Finnish: -fagia
• → French: -phagie
• → Greek: -φαγία (-fagía) (learned)
• → Italian: -fagia
• → Polish: -fagia
• → Portuguese: -fagia
• → Spanish: -fagia