The corpus record

κατωφᾰγᾶς

katophagas · ὁ

eating with the head down to the ground, gluttonous

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Where it lives

Birds 2 · 1.88/10k

What it meant

κατωφᾰγᾶς · katōphagas — LSJ

eating with the head down to the ground, gluttonous

eating with the head down to the ground, gluttonous, name of a bird, Ar. Av. 288; also καταφαγᾶς (of human beings) A. Fr. 428, Myrtil. 4, Men. 424, which is censured by Phryn. 400, Poll. 6.40.

In the wild

κατωφαγᾶς · katōphagas Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 252)
κατωφαγᾶς · katōphagas Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 253)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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