Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παιδοκτόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιδοκτόνος παιδοκτόνον

Structure: παιδοκτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ktei/nw

Sense

  1. child-murdering

Examples

  • ἔρρε, καὶ ἐν κηρῷ παιδοκτόνε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 137 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. child-murdering

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

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