polyphagus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /poˈly.pʰa.ɡus/, [pɔˈlʲʏpʰäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈli.fa.ɡus/, [poˈliːfäɡus]

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.

Case	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