Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξενοφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξενοφόνος ξενοφόνον

Structure: ξενοφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Fe/nw

Sense

  1. murdering strangers

Examples

  • Κόμισαί μ’ ἐσ Ἄργοσ, ὦ σύναιμε, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἐκ βαρβάρου γῆσ καὶ μετάστησον θεᾶσ σφαγίων, ἐφ’ οἷσι ξενοφόνουσ τιμὰσ ἔχω. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 6:6)

Synonyms

  1. murdering strangers

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

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