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. eat, devour
    1. 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

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

Descendants

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

References

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