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ὑλοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑλοφάγος ὑλοφάγον

Structure: ὑλοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. feeding in the woods

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὑλοφάγος ὑλόφαγον
Genitive ὑλοφάγου ὑλοφάγου
Dative ὑλοφάγῳ ὑλοφάγῳ
Accusative ὑλοφάγον ὑλόφαγον
Vocative ὑλοφάγε ὑλόφαγον
DualN/A/V ὑλοφάγω ὑλοφάγω
G/D ὑλοφάγοιν ὑλοφάγοιν
PluralNominative ὑλοφάγοι ὑλόφαγα
Genitive ὑλοφάγων ὑλοφάγων
Dative ὑλοφάγοις ὑλοφάγοις
Accusative ὑλοφάγους ὑλόφαγα
Vocative ὑλοφάγοι ὑλόφαγα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὑλοφάγος ὑλοφάγου ὑλοφαγώτερος ὑλοφαγωτέρου ὑλοφαγώτατος ὑλοφαγωτάτου
Adverb ὑλοφάγως ὑλοφαγώτερον ὑλοφαγώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἑπόμενοι δὲ τούτοισ εἰσὶν οἵ τε Ὑλοφάγοι καὶ οἱ Σπερματοφάγοι καλούμενοι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 24 1:1)
  • οἱ δὲ Ὑλοφάγοι μετὰ τέκνων καὶ γυναικῶν ἐπὶ τὰσ νομὰσ ἐξιόντεσ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ δένδρα καὶ τοὺσ ἁπαλοὺσ τῶν ἀκρεμόνων προσφέρονται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 24 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. feeding in the woods

Similar forms

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

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