Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνδροφάγος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδροφάγος

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating men

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ Πολυφήμου τὸ ἄντρον, ὃσ ἦν Ποσειδῶνοσ καὶ Θοώσησ νύμφησ, ἀνὴρ ὑπερμεγέθησ ἄγριοσ ἀνδροφάγοσ, ἔχων ἕνα ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 7 4:3)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ Γελωνὸσ καὶ ὁ Βουδῖνοσ καὶ ὁ Σαυρομάτησ κατὰ τὠυτὸ γενόμενοι ὑπεδέκοντο Σκύθῃσι τιμωρήσειν, ὁ δὲ Ἀγάθυρσοσ καὶ Νευρὸσ καὶ Ἀνδροφάγοσ καὶ οἱ τῶν Μελαγχλαίνων καὶ Ταύρων τάδε Σκύθῃσι ὑπεκρίναντο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 119 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. eating men

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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