-phagous
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Eating; feeding on:
表示“吃；喂食”：
ichthyophagous.
食鱼（生活）的
语源
- From Latin -phagus
源自 拉丁语 -phagus - from Greek -phagos
源自 希腊语 -phagos - from phagein [to eat] * see bhag-
源自 phagein [吃] *参见 bhag-
-phagous
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “eating,” “feeding on,” “devouring” that specified by the initial element:
creophagous; hylophagous; rhizophagous.
Origin
< Greek -phagos, adj. derivative of phágein to eat; see -ous
Related Words
- -phage
- algophagous
- anthropophagi
- carpophagous
- coprophagous
- dendrophagous
-phagousa word element forming an adjective termination meaning 'eating', 'feeding on', 'devouring', as in creophagous, hylophagous, rhizophagous.
[Latin -phagus, from Greek -phagos]-phagous
adjective combining form
saprophagous
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY Greek -phagos, from phagein to eat — more at baksheesh
: eatingsaprophagous
-phagous
combining form
- feeding or subsisting on a specified food表示“食…的”, “吃…的”：
-
coprophagous.
词源
from Latin -phagus, Greek -phagos （from phagein 'eat'） + -OUS .
-phagous
word-forming element meaning "eating, feeding on," from Latin -phagus, from Greek -phagos "eater of," from phagein "to eat," literally "to have a share of food," from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion, distribute," also "to get a share" (cognates: Sanskrit bhajati "assigns, allots, apportions, enjoys, loves," bhagah "allotter, distributor, master, lord," bhaksati "eats, drinks, enjoys;" Persian bakhshidan "to give;" Old Church Slavonic bogatu "rich").
ORIGIN: from Latin -phagus , Greek -phagos , from Greek phagein eat: see -ous
-pha·gous
\fəgəs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Greek -phagos, from phagein to eat — more at baksheesh
: feeding especially on a (specified) kind of food
< anthropophagous >
< creophagous >
< cytophagous >
< saprophagous >
< anthropophagous >
< creophagous >
< cytophagous >
< saprophagous >
-phagous
Suffix
- Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
Etymology
From Latin suffix -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -phagous