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

  • εἰσὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐκεῖ πάντων ἀνθρώπων διαφέροντεσ πρὸσ ἀρετήν, ξενοφόνων τε ἀνδρῶν μισοῦντεσ τόλμασ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 86:1)

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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