ἀνδροφόνος
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
English (LSJ)
ον,
A man-slaying, Homeric epith. of Hector, Il.24.724, etc.; of Achilles, χεῖρες ἀ. 18.317; homicide, Pl.Phd.114a; generally, murderous, ἀ. τὴν φύσιν Theopomp.Hist.217:—rarely exc. of slaughter in battle, but in Od.1.261 φάρμακον ἀ. a murderous drug:—epith. of αῖμα, Orph.H.65.4. 2 of women, murdering their husbands, Pi.P.4.252. II as law-term, one convicted of manslaughter, homicide, Lys.10.7, D.23.29, cf. ib.216:—hence as a term of abuse, τοὺς ἀ. ἰχθυοπώλας Ath.6.228c, cf. Amphis 30. III ἀ. Κῶνος, a landmark at Athens, IG3.61 Aii 15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 219] Männer tödtend, Hektor, Il. 1, 242 u. sonst; χεῖρες 18, 317; μελίη, die Lanze, Hes. Sc. 420; φάρμακον Od. 1, 261. Bei Pind. P. 4, 252 Λήμνιαι γυναῖκες, die Mörderinnen ihrer Ehemänner; vgl. Eur. Hec. 1061; φροντίς Pallad. 139 (IX, 378). – Subst., der Mörder, Plat. Euthyd. 9 a; Lys. 10, 6; vgl. bes. Dem. 23, 29 ff.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνδροφόνος: -ον, (*φένω) ὁ ἄνδρας φονεύων, Ὁμηριακὸν ἐπίθ. τοῦ Ἕκτορος Ἰλ. Ω. 724 κτλ.· τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως, Σ. 317: - ἐν Ὀδ. Α. 261, φάρμακον ἀνδρ. = φονικὸν φάρμακον: - ἐν γένει ὡς ἐπίθετον πολλῶν λέξεων, π.χ.: ἀνδροφόνος μελίη, φροντίς, σιωπή, σίδηρος, κτλ. 2) ἐπὶ γυναικῶν φονευσασῶν τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτῶν, Λαμνιᾶν τ᾽ ἔθνει γυναικῶν ἀνδροφόνων Πινδ. Π. 4. 449. ΙΙ. ὡς ὄρος νομικός, ὁ ἀποδειχθεὶς ἔνοχος ἀνθρωποκτονίας, ἀνθρωποκτόνος, Λυσ. 116. 38, Πλάτ. Φαίδων 114Α, Δημ. 629 ἐν τέλ.: - Ἐντεῦθεν ὡς ἐπίθετον καταχραστοῦ, πρὸς τοὺς ἀνδροφόνους ἰχθυοπώλας Ἀθήν. 228C, Ἄμφιν ἐν «Πλάνῳ» 1. 8. καὶ αὐτόθι Meineke.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
homicide, meurtrier.
Étymologie: ἀνήρ, πεφνεῖν.
English (Autenrieth)
(root φεν): man-slaying; φάρμακον, ‘deadly,’ Od. 1.261.
English (Slater)
ἀνδροφόνος, -ον
1 murdering their husbands Λαμνιᾶν τ' ἔθνει γυναικῶν ἀνδροφόνων (P. 4.252)
