ἀνδροφόνος
androphonos
man-slaying
Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνδροφόνος, ον, A. man-slaying, Homeric epith. of Hector, Il. 24.724, etc.; of Achilles, χεῖρες ἀ. 18.317; homicide, Phd. 114a; generally, murderous, ἀ. τὴν φύσιν 217:—rarely exc. of slaughter in battle, but in Od. 1.261 φάρμακον ἀ. a murderous drug:—epith. of αῖμα, H. 65.4. 2. of women, murdering their husbands, P. 4.252. II. as law-term, one convicted of manslaughter, homicide, 10.7, 23.29, cf. ib.216:—hence as a term of abuse, τοὺς ἀ. ἰχθυοπώλας 6.228c, cf. 30. III. ἀ. Κῶνος, a landmark at Athens, IG 3.61 Aii 15.
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