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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀνδροφόνος ἀνδρόφονον
Genitive ἀνδροφόνου ἀνδροφόνου
Dative ἀνδροφόνῳ ἀνδροφόνῳ
Accusative ἀνδροφόνον ἀνδρόφονον
Vocative ἀνδροφόνε ἀνδρόφονον
DualN/A/V ἀνδροφόνω ἀνδροφόνω
G/D ἀνδροφόνοιν ἀνδροφόνοιν
PluralNominative ἀνδροφόνοι ἀνδρόφονα
Genitive ἀνδροφόνων ἀνδροφόνων
Dative ἀνδροφόνοις ἀνδροφόνοις
Accusative ἀνδροφόνους ἀνδρόφονα
Vocative ἀνδροφόνοι ἀνδρόφονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀνδροφόνος ἀνδροφόνου ἀνδροφονώτερος ἀνδροφονωτέρου ἀνδροφονώτατος ἀνδροφονωτάτου
Adverb ἀνδροφόνως ἀνδροφονώτερον ἀνδροφονώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἐκεῖ δ’ αὐτὴν αἱ γυναῖκεσ ὑπὸ φθόνου καὶ ζήλου διὰ τὸ κάλλοσ εἰσ ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτησ προαγαγοῦσαι κατέλευσαν καὶ διέφθειραν ὅθεν ὡσ ἐοίκεν ἔτι νῦν τὸ ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτησ ἀνδροφόνου καλοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2125)
  • ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ τοῦ δεδεμένου ὠλιγώρει τε καὶ ἠμέλει ὡσ ἀνδροφόνου καὶ οὐδὲν ὂν πρᾶγμα εἰ καὶ ἀποθάνοι, ὅπερ οὖν καὶ ἔπαθεν· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 15:5)
  • ταῦτα δὴ οὖν καὶ ἀγανακτεῖ ὅ τε πατὴρ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οἰκεῖοι, ὅτι ἐγὼ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀνδροφόνου τῷ πατρὶ φόνου ἐπεξέρχομαι οὔτε ἀποκτείναντι, ὥσ φασιν ἐκεῖνοι, οὔτ’ εἰ ὅτι μάλιστα ἀπέκτεινεν, ἀνδροφόνου γε ὄντοσ τοῦ ἀποθανόντοσ, οὐ δεῖν φροντίζειν ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου ‐ ἀνόσιον γὰρ εἶναι τὸ ὑὸν πατρὶ φόνου ἐπεξιέναι ‐ κακῶσ εἰδότεσ, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, τὸ θεῖον ὡσ ἔχει τοῦ ὁσίου τε πέρι καὶ τοῦ ἀνοσίου. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 16:2)
  • οἶδα γὰρ ἀνδροφόνου καμάτουσ πολέμοιο διδάσκειν οἶδα δὲ πῶσ μετ’ ἐμεῖο καὶ ἑσπερίησ ἁλὸσ ἄνδρασ καὶ Πέρσασ ὀλέσεισ καὶ αἰνομόρουσ Σαρακηνούσ, καὶ θοὸν ἱπποκέλευθον ἀρειμανέων γένοσ Οὔννων, πετράων τ’ ἐφύπερθεν ἀλυσκάζοντασ Ἰσαύρουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 210 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. man-slaying

  2. murdering husbands

Related

Similar forms

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

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