Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεοντοφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεοντοφόνος λεοντοφόνον

Structure: λεοντοφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Fe/nw

Sense

  1. lion-killing

Examples

  • Ἡρακλέησ δ’ ἀνίουλον ἐδείκνυε κύκλον ὑπήνησ, μῆλα λεοντοφόνῳ παλάμᾐ χρύσεια κομίζων, γαίησ ὄλβια δῶρα Λιβυστίδοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 26:2)

Synonyms

  1. lion-killing

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

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