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ὠμοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠμοφάγος ὠμοφάγον

Structure: ὠμοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)mo/s, fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating raw flesh, carnivorous

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὠμοφάγος ὠμόφαγον
Genitive ὠμοφάγου ὠμοφάγου
Dative ὠμοφάγῳ ὠμοφάγῳ
Accusative ὠμοφάγον ὠμόφαγον
Vocative ὠμοφάγε ὠμόφαγον
DualN/A/V ὠμοφάγω ὠμοφάγω
G/D ὠμοφάγοιν ὠμοφάγοιν
PluralNominative ὠμοφάγοι ὠμόφαγα
Genitive ὠμοφάγων ὠμοφάγων
Dative ὠμοφάγοις ὠμοφάγοις
Accusative ὠμοφάγους ὠμόφαγα
Vocative ὠμοφάγοι ὠμόφαγα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὠμοφάγος ὠμοφάγου ὠμοφαγότερος ὠμοφαγοτέρου ὠμοφαγότατος ὠμοφαγοτάτου
Adverb ὠμοφάγως ὠμοφαγότερον ὠμοφαγότατα

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

  • σεμίδαλιν γὰρ ἢ χόνδρον ἕψοντεσ ἐν γάλακτι καὶ πέμματα παντοδαπὰ μέλιτι φυρῶντεσ, καὶ κρέα χήνεια τὰ μὲν ἕψοντεσ, τὰ δ’ ὀπτῶντεσ ἀνεκλείπτωσ χορηγοῦσι, τοῖσ δ’ ὠμοφάγοισ πολλὰ τῶν ὀρνέων θηρεύοντεσ παραβάλλουσι, καὶ τὸ καθόλου μεγάλην εἰσφέρονται σπουδὴν εἰσ τὴν πολυτέλειαν τῆσ τροφῆσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 84 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. eating raw flesh

Related

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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