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

  • "τὸ πῦρ γάρ αὐτὸ οὐ μόνον Ἡρακλέουσ καὶ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἱεροσύλων καὶ ἀνδροφόνων, οὓσ ὁρᾶν ἔστιν ἐκ καταδίκησ αὐτὸ πάσχοντασ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:69)
  • τοιγαροῦν οὐδεμία πόλισ αὐτὸν εἰάσε παρ’ αὑτῇ μετοικεῖν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τῶν ἀνδροφόνων ἤλαυνεν, εἰκότωσ· (Lycurgus, Speeches, 185:1)
  • μετὰ δίκησ καὶ ἀρετῆσ ὁμολογουμένωσ καὶ μακαρίωσ, τί πρὸσ τὸ κάλλιστον τοῦτο καὶ σεμνότατον τέλοσ ἐδεῖτο λῃστῶν καὶ ἀνδροφόνων καὶ πατροκτόνων καὶ τυράννων; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 14 7:1)
  • ἔν τ’ Ὠκεανοῦ πελάγεσσι μίγεν πόντῳ τ’ ἐρυθρῷ Λαμνιᾶν τ’ ἔθνει γυναικῶν ἀνδροφόνων· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 77:6)
  • ἐάν τίσ τινα τῶν ἀνδροφόνων τῶν ἐξεληλυθότων, ὧν τὰ χρήματα ἐπίτιμα, πέρα ὁρ́ου ἐλαύνῃ ἢ φέρῃ ἢ ἄγῃ, τὰ ἴσα ὀφείλειν ὅσα περ ἂν ἐν τῇ ἡμεδαπῇ δράσῃ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 58:1)

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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