Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φασσοφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φασσοφόνος φασσοφόνον

Structure: φασσοφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/nw

Sense

  1. dove-killing

Examples

  • ὣσ ἔφατ’, οὐδ’ ἄρα πατρὸσ ἀνηκούστησεν Ἀπόλλων, βῆ δὲ κατ’ Ἰδαίων ὀρέων ἴρηκι ἐοικὼσ ὠκέϊ φασσοφόνῳ, ὅσ τ’ ὤκιστοσ πετεηνῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 24:1)

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

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