polyphagus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολυφάγος (poluphágos, “much-eating, voracious”).

Pronunciation

Noun

polyphagus m (genitive polyphagī); second declension

  1. glutton
    Synonyms: cataphagās, comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, phagō

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative polyphagus polyphagī
genitive polyphagī polyphagōrum
dative polyphagō polyphagīs
accusative polyphagum polyphagōs
ablative polyphagō polyphagīs
vocative polyphage polyphagī

Descendants

  • English: polyphagous (with renewed meaning)

References

  • polyphagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • polyphagus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “polyphagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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