τυραννοκτονέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τυραννοκτόνος (turannoktónos) +‎ -έω (-éō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τῠραννοκτονέω • (tŭrannoktonéō)

  1. to murder, kill, slay a tyrant
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Tyrannicida 21:
      ἀπόσφαξον, τυραννοκτόνησον καὶ τοῦ πενθεῖν ἀπάλλαξον
      apósphaxon, turannoktónēson kaì toû pentheîn apállaxon
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (passive voice) to be killed, murdered, slain as a tyrant
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Tyrannicida 20:
      ‘ τέκνον, ἀνηρήμεθα, πεφονεύμεθα, τετυραννοκτονήμεθα, ποῦ ὁ σφαγεὺς
      ‘ téknon, anērḗmetha, pephoneúmetha, teturannoktonḗmetha, poû ho sphageùs
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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