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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

  • Ἀριστόδημοσ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ γελοίοισ ἀπομνημονεύμασιν Εὐφράνορά φησι τὸν ὀψοφάγον ἀκούσαντα ὅτι ἄλλοσ ἰχθυοφάγοσ ἀπέθανε θερμὸν ἰχθύοσ τέμαχοσ καταπιὼν ἀναφωνῆσαι · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 351)

Synonyms

  1. eating fish

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