σιτοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῖτος (sîtos, “corn, bread”) +‎ -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.to.pʰá.ɡos/ → /si.toˈɸa.ɣos/ → /si.toˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.to.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.toˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.toˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.toˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.toˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

σῑτοφᾰ́γος • (sītophắgos) m or f (neuter σῑτοφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. eating corn or bread

Inflection

Second declension of σῑτοφᾰ́γος; σῑτοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σῑτοφᾰ́γος sītophắgos	σῑτοφᾰ́γον sītophắgon		σῑτοφᾰ́γω sītophắgō	σῑτοφᾰ́γω sītophắgō		σῑτοφᾰ́γοι sītophắgoi	σῑτοφᾰ́γᾰ sītophắgă
Genitive		σῑτοφᾰ́γου sītophắgou	σῑτοφᾰ́γου sītophắgou		σῑτοφᾰ́γοιν sītophắgoin	σῑτοφᾰ́γοιν sītophắgoin		σῑτοφᾰ́γων sītophắgōn	σῑτοφᾰ́γων sītophắgōn
Dative		σῑτοφᾰ́γῳ sītophắgōi	σῑτοφᾰ́γῳ sītophắgōi		σῑτοφᾰ́γοιν sītophắgoin	σῑτοφᾰ́γοιν sītophắgoin		σῑτοφᾰ́γοις sītophắgois	σῑτοφᾰ́γοις sītophắgois
Accusative		σῑτοφᾰ́γον sītophắgon	σῑτοφᾰ́γον sītophắgon		σῑτοφᾰ́γω sītophắgō	σῑτοφᾰ́γω sītophắgō		σῑτοφᾰ́γους sītophắgous	σῑτοφᾰ́γᾰ sītophắgă
Vocative		σῑτοφᾰ́γε sītophắge	σῑτοφᾰ́γον sītophắgon		σῑτοφᾰ́γω sītophắgō	σῑτοφᾰ́γω sītophắgō		σῑτοφᾰ́γοι sītophắgoi	σῑτοφᾰ́γᾰ sītophắgă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		σῑτοφᾰ́γως sītophắgōs			σῑτοφᾰγώτερος sītophăgṓteros			σῑτοφᾰγώτᾰτος sītophăgṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σιτοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σιτοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σιτοφάγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σιτοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σιτοφάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963