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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, “to kill”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-κτόνος • (-któnos) m or f
- added to nouns to form a term indicating the killer of the first nouns:
- πατέρας (patéras, “father”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → πατροκτόνος (patroktónos, “patricide”)
- αδελφός (adelfós, “brother”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → αδελφοκτόνος (adelfoktónos, “fratricide”)
- βρέφος (vréfos, “infant”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → βρεφοκτόνος (vrefoktónos, “infanticide”)
- βασιλιάς (vasiliás, “king”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → βασιλοκτόνος (vasiloktónos, “regicide”)
- άνθρωπος (ánthropos, “man”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → ανθρωποκτόνος (anthropoktónos, “homicide”)
- added to nouns to form an adjective indicating a killing agent for the first noun; the neuter form serves as the noun in most cases:
- μικρόβιο (mikróvio, “bacterium”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → μικροβιοκτόνος (mikrovioktónos, “germicidal”)
- ζιζάνιο (zizánio, “pest”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → ζιζανιοκτόνος (zizanioktónos, “pesticidal”)
- κατσαρίδα (katsarída, “cockroach”) + -κτόνος (-któnos) → κατσαριδοκτόνος (katsaridoktónos, “cockroach-killing”)
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