Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θηροκτόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηροκτόνος θηροκτόνον

Structure: θηροκτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ktei/nw

Sense

  1. killing wild beasts

Examples

  • ἄπεστι δὲ κυσὶν πεποιθὼσ ἐν φοναῖσ θηροκτόνοισ· (Euripides, Helen, episode 6:43)

Synonyms

  1. killing wild beasts

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

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