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Ancient Greek
Etymology
φθίω (phthíō) + ἀνήρ (anḗr)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰtʰiː.sɛ̌ː.nɔːr/ → /ɸθiˈsi.nor/ → /fθiˈsi.nor/
Adjective
φθῑσήνωρ • (phthīsḗnōr) (masculine only)
- destroying men (epithet of war)
Declension
Further reading
- “φθισήνωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φθισήνωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φθισήνωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φθισήνωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press