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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, “to kill”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-κτονία • (-ktonía) f
- added to nouns to form a term indicating the killing of the first nouns; equivalent to English -cide:
- πατέρας (patéras, “father”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → πατροκτονία (patroktonía, “patricide”)
- αδελφός (adelfós, “brother”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → αδελφοκτονία (adelfoktonía, “fratricide”)
- βρέφος (vréfos, “infant”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → βρεφοκτονία (vrefoktonía, “infanticide”)
- βασιλιάς (vasiliás, “king”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → βασιλοκτονία (vasiloktonía, “regicide”)
- άνθρωπος (ánthropos, “man”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → ανθρωποκτονία (anthropoktonía, “homicide”)
- γένος (génos, “genus, race, family”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → γενοκτονία (genoktonía, “genocide”)
- αυτό- (aftó-, “self”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → αυτοκτονία (aftoktonía, “suicide”)
- added to nouns to form a term indicating dying from the first noun:
- λιμός (limós, “starvation”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → λιμοκτονία (limoktonía, “death from starvation”)
Declension
Derived terms
- -κτόνος m (-któnos) (killer or killing agent)