ἀνδροφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dro.pʰá.ɡos/ → /an.droˈɸa.ɣos/ → /an.droˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dro.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.droˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.droˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.droˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.droˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

ἀνδροφᾰ́γος • (androphágos) m or f (neuter ἀνδροφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. (of the cyclops) eating men

Inflection

Second declension of ἀνδροφᾰ́γος; ἀνδροφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνδροφᾰ́γος androphágos	ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon		ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō	ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō		ἀνδροφᾰ́γοι androphágoi	ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphága
Genitive		ἀνδροφᾰ́γου androphágou	ἀνδροφᾰ́γου androphágou		ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin	ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin		ἀνδροφᾰ́γων androphágōn	ἀνδροφᾰ́γων androphágōn
Dative		ἀνδροφᾰ́γῳ androphágōi	ἀνδροφᾰ́γῳ androphágōi		ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin	ἀνδροφᾰ́γοιν androphágoin		ἀνδροφᾰ́γοις androphágois	ἀνδροφᾰ́γοις androphágois
Accusative		ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon	ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon		ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō	ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō		ἀνδροφᾰ́γους androphágous	ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphága
Vocative		ἀνδροφᾰ́γε andropháge	ἀνδροφᾰ́γον androphágon		ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō	ἀνδροφᾰ́γω androphágō		ἀνδροφᾰ́γοι androphágoi	ἀνδροφᾰ́γᾰ androphága
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀνδροφᾰ́γως androphágōs			ἀνδροφᾰγώτερος androphagṓteros			ἀνδροφᾰγώτᾰτος androphagṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνδροφαγέω (androphagéō)
• Ἀνδροφάγοι (Androphágoi)

 

Further reading

• “ἀνδροφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνδροφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀνδροφάγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀνδροφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδροφάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀνδροφάγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)