Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνδροσφαγεῖον

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδροσφαγεῖον

Etym.: a)nh/r, sfa/zw

Sense

  1. a slaughter-house of men

Examples

  • μισόθεον μὲν οὖν, πολλὰ συνίστορα αὐτόφονα κακὰ καρατόμα, ἀνδροσφαγεῖον καὶ πεδορραντήριον. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, strophe 3 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a slaughter-house of men

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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