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

  • ἔνιοι δέ φασι τὴν Φαιὰν λῃστρίδα γενέσθαι γυναῖκα φονικὴν καὶ ἀκόλαστον, αὐτόθι κατοικοῦσαν ἐν Κρομμυῶνι, σῦν δὲ ἐπονομασθεῖσαν διὰ τὸ ἦθοσ καὶ τὸν βίον εἶτα ὑπὸ Θησέωσ ἀποθανεῖν. (Plutarch, chapter 9 1:3)

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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