xerophagia

English

Etymology

From xero- +‎ -phagia.

Noun

xerophagia (uncountable)

1. The eating of dry food.

Related terms

• xerophagy

Latin

Noun

xērophagia f (genitive xērophagiae); first declension

1. The eating of dry food

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	xērophagia	xērophagiae
Genitive	xērophagiae	xērophagiārum
Dative	xērophagiae	xērophagiīs
Accusative	xērophagiam	xērophagiās
Ablative	xērophagiā	xērophagiīs
Vocative	xērophagia	xērophagiae

References

• “xerophagia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• xerophagia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• xerophagia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.