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

  • ἡ δ’ ὀξυθήκτῳ βωμία περὶ ξίφει λύει κελαινὰ βλέφαρα, κωκύσασα μὲν τοῦ πρὶν θανόντοσ Μεγαρέωσ κλεινὸν λάχοσ, αὖθισ δὲ τοῦδε, λοίσθιον δὲ σοὶ κακὰσ πράξεισ ἐφυμνήσασα τῷ παιδοκτόνῳ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 25)

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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