σκατοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκατο- (skato-) +‎ -φάγος (-phágos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.to.pʰá.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ska.toˈpʰa.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ska.toˈɸa.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ska.toˈfa.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ska.toˈfa.ɣos/

Adjective

σκᾰτοφάγος • (skătophágos) m or f (neuter σκᾰτοφάγον); second declension

feces-eating, coprophagous

Declension

Second declension of σκᾰτοφᾰ́γος; σκᾰτοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γος skătophắgos		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γον skătophắgon	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γω skătophắgō		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γω skătophắgō	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοι skătophắgoi		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γᾰ skătophắgă
Genitive	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γου skătophắgou		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γου skătophắgou	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοιν skătophắgoin		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοιν skătophắgoin	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γων skătophắgōn		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γων skătophắgōn
Dative	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γῳ skătophắgōi		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γῳ skătophắgōi	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοιν skătophắgoin		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοιν skătophắgoin	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοις skătophắgois		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοις skătophắgois
Accusative	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γον skătophắgon		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γον skătophắgon	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γω skătophắgō		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γω skătophắgō	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γους skătophắgous		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γᾰ skătophắgă
Vocative	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γε skătophắge		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γον skătophắgon	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γω skătophắgō		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γω skătophắgō	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γοι skătophắgoi		σκᾰτοφᾰ́γᾰ skătophắgă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σκᾰτοφᾰ́γως skătophắgōs			σκᾰτοφᾰγώτερος skătophăgṓteros			σκᾰτοφᾰγώτᾰτος skătophăgṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: scatophagus
- → English: scatophage, scatophagous
- → French: scatophage (learned)
- → Translingual: Scatophagus

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

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