νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῠ́ξ (nŭ́x) +‎ λᾰθραῖος (lăthraîos) +‎ φᾰ́γος (phắgos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.tʰrai̯.o.pʰá.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.tʰrɛ.oˈpʰa.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.θrɛ.oˈɸa.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.la.θre.oˈfa.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nik.ti.la.θre.oˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος • (nŭktĭlăthraiophắgos) m or f (neuter νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον); second declension

eating secretly at night

Declension

Second declension of νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος; νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος nŭktĭlăthraiophắgos		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοι nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoi		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γᾰ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgă
Genitive	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γου nŭktĭlăthraiophắgou		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γου nŭktĭlăthraiophắgou	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γων nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōn		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γων nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōn
Dative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γῳ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōi		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γῳ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōi	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοιν nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoin	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοις nŭktĭlăthraiophắgois		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοις nŭktĭlăthraiophắgois
Accusative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γους nŭktĭlăthraiophắgous		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γᾰ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgă
Vocative	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γε nŭktĭlăthraiophắge		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γον nŭktĭlăthraiophắgon	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γω nŭktĭlăthraiophắgō	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γοι nŭktĭlăthraiophắgoi		νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γᾰ nŭktĭlăthraiophắgă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γως nŭktĭlăthraiophắgōs			νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰγώτερος nŭktĭlăthraiophăgṓteros			νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰγώτᾰτος nŭktĭlăthraiophăgṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

νῠκτᾰλωπῐ́ᾱ (nŭktălōpĭ́ā)
νῠκτᾰ́λωψ (nŭktắlōps)
νῠκτερῐ́ς (nŭkterĭ́s)
νῠκτηγορέω (nŭktēgoréō)
νῠκτηγορῐ́ᾱ (nŭktēgorĭ́ā)
νῠκτηρεφής (nŭktērephḗs)
νῠκτῐ́βρομος (nŭktĭ́bromos)
νῠκτῐ́πλᾱγκτος (nŭktĭ́plānktos)
νῠκτῐπλᾰνής (nŭktĭplănḗs)
νῠκτῐπόλος (nŭktĭpólos)
νῠκτῐ́σεμνος (nŭktĭ́semnos)
νῠκτῐφᾰής (nŭktĭphăḗs)
νῠκτῐ́φᾰντος (nŭktĭ́phăntos)
νῠκτῐ́φοιτος (nŭktĭ́phoitos)
νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ (nŭktophŭ́lăx)
νῠχθήμερον (nŭkhthḗmeron)
νῠχθήμερος (nŭkhthḗmeros)
πᾰννῠ́χῐος (pănnŭ́khĭos)
πᾰννῠχῐ́ς (pănnŭkhĭ́s)

References

“νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011