ὠμόφᾰγ-ος(parox.),ον,
A. eating raw flesh, carnivorous,of savage beasts,λέοντες, θῶες, λύκοι,
Il. 5.782 , 11.479 , 16.157 ; θῆρες
h.Ven. 124
; of the Centaurs, Thgn. 542 ; of savage men, Th. 3.94 , Str. 15.1.57 , Porph. Abst. 1.13 ; of certain daemons, ὠμοφάγοι χθόνιοι
PMag.Par. 1.1444
; τὰ ὠ. carnivores,
Hp. Vict. 2.49
cod.M, Arist. HA 608b25 , PA 694a1 ;ὠ. χάρις(cf.ἀνδροβρώς) E. Ba. 139 (lyr.).
II. rarely proparox.ὠμόφᾰγος,ον,
Pass. ,eaten raw,of sacrifices offered to Dionysus, E. Fr. 472.12 (anap.,τάς τ' ὠμοφάγους δαίτας τελέσαςcodd. perh. rightly, cf.ὠμοφάγιον).