ἔφαγον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-, zero-grade of *bʰeh₂g- (to divide, distribute) with a semantic shift *I received a share*I consumedI ate. Compare also βαγαῖος (bagaîos).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔφᾰγον • (éphagon)

  1. to eat, devour
    1. to eat up, devour, squander

Inflection

No present tense, except for φᾰγεῖ (phageî) and φᾰγέοις (phagéois) in later Greek. Generally suppleted with ἐσθῐ́ω (esthíō) and ἔδω (édō). Also see τρώγω (trṓgō).

Derived terms

  • -φαγίᾱ (-phagíā)
  • φᾰ́γαινᾰ (phágaina)
  • φᾰγᾶς (phagâs)
  • φᾰγέδαινᾰ (phagédaina)
  • φᾰγεσωρῖτῐς (phagesōrîtis)
  • φᾰγέσωρος (phagésōros)
  • φᾰ́γημᾰ (phágēma)
  • φᾰγήσῐᾰ (phagḗsia)
  • φᾰγολοίδορος (phagoloídoros)
  • φᾰ́γος (phágos)
  • -φᾰ́γος, -φᾰγος (-phágos, -phagos)
  • φᾰ́γων (phágōn)
  • φᾰγᾰ́νθρωπος (phagánthrōpos)
  • φᾰ́γῐλος (phágilos)

Descendants

  • English: phago-
  • Greek: έφαγα (éfaga) (perfective forms of τρώω (tróo))

References

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