λαοφόνος
From LSJ
ἔργον δ' οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος → work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace | work is no shame, it is idleness that is shame | there is no shame in work, shame is in idleness
English (LSJ)
ον,
A slaying the people, δόρυ B.12.120; Διομήδης Theoc.17.53; ξίφος IG14.1294.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λᾱοφόνος: -ον, φονεύων τὸν λαόν, Θεόκρ. 17. 53, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 6854f.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui tue le peuple.
Étymologie: λαός, πεφνεῖν.
Greek Monolingual
λαοφόνος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που καταστρέφει τους ανθρώπους («λαοφόνον δόρυ», Βακχ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λαο- + -φόνος (< θείνω «φονεύω»), πρβλ. δολο-φόνος, θηρο-φόνος.
