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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225
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Transliteration A: patrophoneús Transliteration B: patrophoneus Transliteration C: patrofoneys Beta Code: patrofoneu/s

English (LSJ)

έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ,

   A murderer of one's father, [Ὀρέστης] ἔκτανε πατροφονῆα Αἴγισθον... ὅ οἱ πατέρα κλυτὸν ἔκτα Od.1.299, cf. 3.197.