-κτονία

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, to kill).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-κτονία (-ktoníaf

  1. 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)
  2. added to nouns to form a term indicating dying from the first noun:
    λιμός (limós, starvation) + ‎-κτονία (-ktonía) → ‎λιμοκτονία (limoktonía, death from starvation)

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