φάγος

See also: -φάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. glutton

   Synonyms: γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος (găstrĭ́mărgos), κᾰ́βαισος (kắbaisos), τένθης (ténthēs)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰ́γος; τοῦ φᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰ́γος ho phắgos	τὼ φᾰ́γω tṑ phắgō	οἱ φᾰ́γοι hoi phắgoi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́γου toû phắgou	τοῖν φᾰ́γοιν toîn phắgoin	τῶν φᾰ́γων tôn phắgōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́γῳ tôi phắgōi	τοῖν φᾰ́γοιν toîn phắgoin	τοῖς φᾰ́γοις toîs phắgois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰ́γον tòn phắgon	τὼ φᾰ́γω tṑ phắgō	τοὺς φᾰ́γους toùs phắgous
Vocative	φᾰ́γε phắge	φᾰ́γω phắgō	φᾰ́γοι phắgoi
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)