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ἀνδροφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδροφόνος

Structure: ἀνδροφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nh/r, fe/nw

Sense

  1. man-slaying
  2. murdering husbands
  3. one convicted of manslaughter, a homicide

Examples

  • ἐξ ἧσ ἥ τε Τληπολέμου τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ δοκεῖ λέγεσθαι μήτηρ τὴν ἄγετ’ ἐξ Ἐφύρησ ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντοσ ἐκεῖ γὰρ μᾶλλον αἱ τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ στρατεῖαι, πρὸσ ἐκείναισ τε οὐδεὶσ ποταμὸσ Σελλήεισ, καὶ ὁ τοῦ Μέγητοσ θώραξ τόν ποτε Φυλεὺσ ἤγαγεν ἐξ Ἐφύρησ ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντοσ ἐξ ἧσ καὶ τὰ φάρμακα τὰ ἀνδροφόνα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. man-slaying

  2. murdering husbands

Related

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

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