Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τεκνοκτόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεκνοκτόνος τεκνοκτόνον

Structure: τεκνοκτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ktei/nw

Sense

  1. murdering children

Examples

  • ὀφθησόμεσθα, καὶ τεκνοκτόνον μύσοσ ἐσ ὄμμαθ’ ἥξει φιλτάτῳ ξένων ἐμῶν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:29)
  • τὸν Ἡρακλέα τὸν τοῦ Διὸσ πόσουσ οἰεί βλασφημεῖν, τοὺσ μὲν ὡσ κλῶπα, τοὺσ δὲ ὡσ βίαιον, τοὺσ δὲ καὶ μοιχὸν λέγειν ἢ τεκνοκτόνον; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 40:2)

Synonyms

  1. murdering children

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

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