παιδοφόνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παῖς (paîs, “child”) + φόνος (phónos, “murder, homicide”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pai̯.do.pʰó.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pɛ.doˈpʰo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pɛ.ðoˈɸo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.ðoˈfo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.ðoˈfo.nos/
Adjective
παιδοφόνος • (paidophónos) m or f (neuter παιδοφόνον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | παιδοφόνος paidophónos |
παιδοφόνον paidophónon |
παιδοφόνω paidophónō |
παιδοφόνω paidophónō |
παιδοφόνοι paidophónoi |
παιδοφόνᾰ paidophónă | ||||||||
| Genitive | παιδοφόνου paidophónou |
παιδοφόνου paidophónou |
παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin |
παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin |
παιδοφόνων paidophónōn |
παιδοφόνων paidophónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | παιδοφόνῳ paidophónōi |
παιδοφόνῳ paidophónōi |
παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin |
παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin |
παιδοφόνοις paidophónois |
παιδοφόνοις paidophónois | ||||||||
| Accusative | παιδοφόνον paidophónon |
παιδοφόνον paidophónon |
παιδοφόνω paidophónō |
παιδοφόνω paidophónō |
παιδοφόνους paidophónous |
παιδοφόνᾰ paidophónă | ||||||||
| Vocative | παιδοφόνε paidophóne |
παιδοφόνον paidophónon |
παιδοφόνω paidophónō |
παιδοφόνω paidophónō |
παιδοφόνοι paidophónoi |
παιδοφόνᾰ paidophónă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| παιδοφόνως paidophónōs |
παιδοφονώτερος paidophonṓteros |
παιδοφονώτᾰτος paidophonṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- παιδοφονεύς (paidophoneús)
- παιδοφονία (paidophonía)
Further reading
- “παιδοφόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παιδοφόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παιδοφόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παιδοφόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963