φονεύειν

From LSJ

τῷ ἄφρονι περιττεύει τὸ πάθος → the stupid man is carried away by passion

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also φονεύω): kill, murder, slay

Lexicon Thucydideum

interficere, to kill, 1.50.1, 3.81.4, 7.29.4, 7.85.1,
PASS. 8.95.6.