παιδοφόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ φόνος (phónos, “murder, homicide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰó.nos/ → /pɛ.ðoˈɸo.nos/ → /pe.ðoˈfo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰó.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈpʰo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈɸo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfo.nos/

Adjective

παιδοφόνος • (paidophónos) m or f (neuter παιδοφόνον); second declension

1. killing children

Declension

Second declension of παιδοφόνος; παιδοφόνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		παιδοφόνος paidophónos	παιδοφόνον paidophónon		παιδοφόνω paidophónō	παιδοφόνω paidophónō		παιδοφόνοι paidophónoi	παιδοφόνᾰ paidophóna
Genitive		παιδοφόνου paidophónou	παιδοφόνου paidophónou		παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin	παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin		παιδοφόνων paidophónōn	παιδοφόνων paidophónōn
Dative		παιδοφόνῳ paidophónōi	παιδοφόνῳ paidophónōi		παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin	παιδοφόνοιν paidophónoin		παιδοφόνοις paidophónois	παιδοφόνοις paidophónois
Accusative		παιδοφόνον paidophónon	παιδοφόνον paidophónon		παιδοφόνω paidophónō	παιδοφόνω paidophónō		παιδοφόνους paidophónous	παιδοφόνᾰ paidophóna
Vocative		παιδοφόνε paidophóne	παιδοφόνον paidophónon		παιδοφόνω paidophónō	παιδοφόνω paidophónō		παιδοφόνοι paidophónoi	παιδοφόνᾰ paidophóna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		παιδοφόνως paidophónōs			παιδοφονώτερος paidophonṓteros			παιδοφονώτᾰτος paidophonṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παιδοφονεύς (paidophoneús)
• παιδοφονία (paidophonía)

 

Further reading

• “παιδοφόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδοφόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παιδοφόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παιδοφόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963