ἀνδροφόνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[man-slaying]], Homeric epith. of Hector, <span class="bibl">Il.24.724</span>, etc.; of Achilles, χεῖρες ἀ. <span class="bibl">18.317</span>; [[homicide]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>114a</span>; generally, [[murderous]], ἀ. τὴν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist.217</span>:—rarely exc. of [[slaughter in battle]], but in <span class="bibl">Od.1.261</span> <b class="b3">φάρμακον ἀ</b>. a [[murderous]] drug:—epith. of αῖμα, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">H.</span>65.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of women, [[murdering their husbands]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.252</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as law-term, [[one convicted of manslaughter]], [[homicide]], <span class="bibl">Lys.10.7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.23.29</span>, cf. ib.216:—hence as a term of abuse, τοὺς ἀ. ἰχθυοπώλας <span class="bibl">Ath.6.228c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Amphis 30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. Κῶνος</b>, a landmark at Athens, <span class="title">IG</span>3.61 <span class="title">A</span>ii 15.</span>