Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χιμαιροφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χιμαιροφόνος χιμαιροφόνον

Structure: χιμαιροφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Fe/nw

Sense

  1. goat-slaying

Examples

  • ὦ Σκόπα, ἁ θεοποιὸσ ἄπιστον ἐμήσατο τέχνα θαῦμα, χιμαιροφόνον θυιάδα μαινομέναν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7742)

Synonyms

  1. goat-slaying

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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