Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυκτόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυκτόνος πολυκτόνον

Structure: πολυκτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ktei/nw

Sense

  1. much-slaying, murderous

Examples

  • ὁ μητροφόντησ δ’ οὐ καλῇ ταύτην κτανών, ἀλλ’ ἀπολιπὼν τοῦτ’ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον πεσῇ, Ἑλένησ λεγόμενοσ τῆσ πολυκτόνου φονεύσ. (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:38)

Synonyms

  1. much-slaying

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

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