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ἀδελφοκτόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδελφοκτόνος

Structure: ἀδελφοκτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ktei/nw

Sense

  1. murdering a brother or sister

Examples

  • τὰ λοιπὰ δ’ οὐκέτι τῇ Ἀρεταφίλᾳ προσεῖχεν, ἀλλ’ εὐθὺσ ἔδειξε τοῖσ ἔργοισ ἀδελφοκτόνοσ οὐ τυραννοκτόνοσ γεγονώσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 7:1)
  • τοῖσ ἔργοισ ἀδελφοκτόνοσ οὐ τυραννοκτόνοσ γεγονώσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 22:1)

Synonyms

  1. murdering a brother or sister

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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