Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρεοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρεοφάγος κρεοφάγον

Structure: κρεοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating flesh, carnivorous

Examples

  • ἀνάγκη δὲ τοὺσ τοιούτουσ εὐτελεῖσ εἶναι τοῖσ βίοισ καὶ τὸ πλέον ῥιζοφάγουσ ἢ κρεοφάγουσ, γάλακτι δὲ καὶ τυρῷ τρεφομένουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 30:18)

Synonyms

  1. eating flesh

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

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