Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opsophagos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: op-sopha-gos
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glutton, a gourmand, chiefly one who hogs and eats excessive amounts of fish.

Literary

Example Sentences

"How does this help us with the opsophagoi listed by Athenaeus′ comic poets and anecdotalists and their feats of consumption?"
"Thus, at the precise moment during the banquet when Myrtilus points out what should be understood as an opsophagos, it is fish that are brought to Larensis′ table."
"2012, Dan Brayton, Shakespeare′s Ocean: An Ecocritical Exploration, footnote, unnumbered page, 25. James Davidson (Courtesans and Fishcakes) describes something similar in classical Athenian culture, a cultural association between the fish desired by the opsophagos, or fisheater, and the bodies of prostitutes (male and female)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, from ὄψον (ópson, “delicacies”) + φάγος (phágos, “glutton”); compare English opson, Latin obsonium.

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

opsophagoi (plural)

Questions

What does opsophagos mean?: A glutton, a gourmand, chiefly one who hogs and eats excessive amounts of fish.
Where does opsophagos come from?: From Ancient Greek, from ὄψον (ópson, “delicacies”) + φάγος (phágos, “glutton”); compare English opson, Latin obsonium.

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