Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φονικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φονικός φονική φονικόν

Structure: φονικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fo/nos

Sense

  1. inclined to slay, murderous, bloody, sanguinary
  2. of murder or homicide, for homicide, respecting homicide, murderous acts, murder, homicide

Examples

  • Σέξτοσ δὲ Καῖσαρ δείσασ περὶ τῷ νεανίᾳ, μή τι παρὰ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ ἀποληφθεὶσ πάθῃ, πέμπει πρὸσ Ὑρκανὸν τοὺσ παραγγελοῦντασ διαρρήδην ἀπολύειν Ἡρώδην τῆσ φονικῆσ δίκησ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 300:1)

Synonyms

  1. inclined to slay

  2. of murder or homicide

Related

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

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