Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐκ ἂν ὑπομείναιμι ἀνδροφόνῳ συγκαθεύδειν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:4)
  • Βάτων δ’ ὁ κωμικὸσ ἐν Ἀνδροφόνῳ φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 55 3:1)
  • καὶ ἐν Ἀνδροφόνῳ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 84 2:2)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἀνδροφόνῳ δὲ ἐπιγραφομένῳ ὁ αὐτὸσ Βάτων διαπαίξασ τινὰ τῶν ἐπιεικῶν φιλοσόφων ἐπιφέρει ἐξὸν γυναῖκ’ ἔχοντα κατακεῖσθαι καλὴν καὶ Λεσβίου χυτρῖδε λαμβάνειν δύο· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 9 2:1)
  • οὐδεὶσ γὰρ αὐτῷ διελέγετο ὡσ ἀνδροφόνῳ ὄντι, τοῦ τε μὴ ἀποθανεῖν Ἄνυτοσ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ αἴτιοσ. (Lysias, Speeches, 110:1)

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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