φάγος

See also: -φάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Noun

φᾰ́γος • (phágos) m (genitive φᾰ́γου); second declension

1. glutton

   Synonyms: γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος (gastrímargos), κᾰ́βαισος (kábaisos), τένθης (ténthēs)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰ́γος; τοῦ φᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰ́γος ho phágos	τὼ φᾰ́γω tṑ phágō	οἱ φᾰ́γοι hoi phágoi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́γου toû phágou	τοῖν φᾰ́γοιν toîn phágoin	τῶν φᾰ́γων tôn phágōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́γῳ tôi phágōi	τοῖν φᾰ́γοιν toîn phágoin	τοῖς φᾰ́γοις toîs phágois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰ́γον tòn phágon	τὼ φᾰ́γω tṑ phágō	τοὺς φᾰ́γους toùs phágous
Vocative	φᾰ́γε pháge	φᾰ́γω phágō	φᾰ́γοι phágoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: -phagous
• Greek: φαγάς m (fagás, “glutton”)

References

• “φάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5314 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Noun

φάγος • (fágos) m (plural φάγοι)

1. phage, bacteriophage

Synonyms

• βακτηριοφάγος (vaktiriofágos)