ἀνδροφόνος

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.