λεοντοφόνος
From LSJ
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
ον,
A lion-killing, νῖκαι AP6.74 (Agath.); λ., ἡ, lionslayer, BMus.Inscr.1061 (Cyrene, ii A.D.). II λεοντοφόνον, τό, a Syrian insect that poisons lions, Arist.Mir.845a28, cf. Ael.NA4.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 29] Löwen tödtend; νίκη Agath. 27 (VI, 74); τὸ λ., ein Thier, nach dessen Genuß der Löwe sterben soll, Arist. mirab. 158; vgl. Ael. H. A. 4, 18; – aber λεοντόφονος = von Löwen getödtet.
