Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τεκνόποινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεκνόποινος τεκνόποινον

Structure: τεκνοποιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poinh/

Sense

  1. child-avenging

Examples

  • μίμνει γὰρ φοβερὰ παλίνορτοσ οἰκονόμοσ δολία μνάμων μῆνισ τεκνόποινοσ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, epode 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. child-avenging

Similar forms

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

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