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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φόνος (phónos), the o-grade of θείνω (theínō, “kill”), + -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰo.něu̯s/ → /ɸoˈneɸs/ → /foˈnefs/
Noun
φονεύς • (phoneús) m (genitive φονέως); third declension
- murderer
Inflection
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References
- “φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φονεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φονεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φονεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5406 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.