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ἰχθυοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχθυοφάγος ἰχθυοφάγος ἰχθυοφάγον

Structure: ἰχθυοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating fish

Examples

  • Φόρυσκον δέ φησιν Ἡγήσανδροσ τὸν ἰχθυοφάγον οὐ δυνηθέντα ὅσον ἤθελεν ἀφελεῖν τοῦ ἰχθύοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀκολουθήσαντοσ αὐτῷ πλείονοσ εἰπεῖν τὰ δ’ ἀντιτείνοντ’ αὐτόπρεμν’ ἀπόλλυται, καὶ ὅλον τὸν ἰχθὺν ἀναλῶσαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 321)

Synonyms

  1. eating fish

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