ἰχθυοφάγος

See also: ἰχθυόφαγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓χθῠφάγος (ikhthuphágos), ῐ̓χθῠφάγος (ikhthuphágos), ῐ̓χθῠόφᾰγος (ikhthuóphagos)

Etymology

From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”) +‎ -φᾰ́γος (-phágos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.pʰá.ɡos/ → /ix.θy.oˈɸa.ɣos/ → /ix.θi.oˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.oˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θi.oˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος • (ikhthuophágos) m or f (neuter ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον); second declension

1. eating fish
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 345E
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.19, (compare Strabo, Geography 769, Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.33.4)
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 720

Inflection

Second declension of ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος; ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γος ikhthuophágos	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοι ikhthuophágoi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuophága
Genitive		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γου ikhthuophágou	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γου ikhthuophágou		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γων ikhthuophágōn	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γων ikhthuophágōn
Dative		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γῳ ikhthuophágōi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γῳ ikhthuophágōi		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοιν ikhthuophágoin		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοις ikhthuophágois	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοις ikhthuophágois
Accusative		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γους ikhthuophágous	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuophága
Vocative		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γε ikhthuopháge	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γον ikhthuophágon		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γω ikhthuophágō		ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γοι ikhthuophágoi	ῐ̓χθῠοφᾰ́γᾰ ikhthuophága
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: ichthyophage

References

• “ἰχθυοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰχθυοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers