Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λαιμότομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαιμότομος λαιμότομον

Structure: λαιμοτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with the throat cut, severed by the throat, severed head

Examples

  • ἐσόψῃ, χειρὸσ ἀναρπαστὰν σᾶσ ἄπο λαιμότομόν τ’ Αἴδᾳ γᾶσ ὑποπεμπομέναν σκότον, ἔνθα νεκρῶν μέτα τάλαινα κείσομαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, antistrophe8)

Synonyms

  1. with the throat cut

Derived

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

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