φονή
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, always, exc. in Suid., in pl.,
A carnage, esp. on the field of battle, ἀσπαίροντας ἐν ἀργαλέῃσι φονῇσιν Il.10.521; ἐν φοναῖς καλῶς πεσόντ' A.Ag.447 (lyr.); ἐν φοναῖς πεπτῶτ' ἄθαπτον S.Ant.696; ἔτι ἐν τῇσι φονῇσι ἐόντας Hdt.9.76; κομισθέντα ἐκ τῶν φονῶν Ael.NA5.1; also of slain beasts, θηρὶ μαχέσσασθαι ἕλικος βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν Il.15.633; ἐν φοναῖς θηροκτόνοις E.Hel.154. II blood shed by slaying, θῆκέ τ' Αἴγισθον ἐν φοναῖς laid him weltering in his blood, Pi.P.11.37, cf. Ael.NA1.18,3.21; φονῶν is prob. for φόνων in S.El.11, Tr.558; so ἑρπετὰ καὶ δάκετα . . ὑπ' ἐμᾶς πτέρυγος ἐν φοναῖς ὄλλυται come to a bloody end, Ar.Av.1070 (lyr., paratrag.); ποίῳ δὲ κἀπελύσατ' ἐν φοναῖς τρόπῳ; what was the manner of her bloody end? S.Ant.1314; φοναῖς murderously, ib.1003 (expld. as Adj. by Sch., cf. φονός).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1298] ἡ (φένω), Mord, Ermordung; oft im plur., ἀσπαίρειν ἐν ἀργαλέῃσι φονῇσιν Il. 10, 521; μαχήσασθαι βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν 15, 633; τιθέναι τινὰ ἐν φοναῖς, = φονεύειν, morden, Pind. P. 11, 37; τὸν ἐν φοναῖς καλῶς πεσόντα Aesch. Ag. 435, wie Soph. Ant. 692; ἐν φονῇσιν εἶναι, im Morden begriffen sein, Her. 9, 76; σπᾶν φοναῖς Soph. Ant. 990, in Mord u. Blut herumzerren; ἄπεστιν ἐν φοναῖς θηροκτόνοις Eur. Hel. 153, er ist abwesend bei Wild tödtendem Morde, d. i. er ist auf der Jagd; μαστὸς ἐν φοναῖς, die Brust mit Blut und Wunden bedeckt, El. 1207. – Auch der Mordplatz, die Wahlstatt, s. Böckh explic. Pind. P. 11, 1-37.
