cataphagas
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταφάγᾱς (kataphágās), from καταφαγεῖν (kataphageîn), aorist of κατεσθίω (katesthíō, “I eat up”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈta.pʰa.ɡaːs/, [käˈt̪äpʰäɡäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈta.fa.ɡas/, [käˈt̪äːfäɡäs]
Noun
cataphagās m (genitive cataphagae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cataphagās | cataphagae |
| Genitive | cataphagae | cataphagārum |
| Dative | cataphagae | cataphagīs |
| Accusative | cataphagān | cataphagās |
| Ablative | cataphagā | cataphagīs |
| Vocative | cataphagā | cataphagae |
References
- cataphagas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cataphagas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “cataphagas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κατεσθίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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