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φόνος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰónos, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Related to θείνω (theínō, to strike) and ἔπεφνον (épephnon, to slay).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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φόνος (phónosm (genitive φόνου); second declension

  1. murder, slaughter
  2. (law) murder(er), homicide

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: φόνος (fónos)

Further reading

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  • φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φόνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • φόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos),[1] which is cognate to Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō). See there for further cognates.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.nos/
  • Hyphenation: φό‧νος

Noun

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φόνος (fónosm (plural φόνοι)

  1. murder

Declension

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Declension of φόνος
singular plural
nominative φόνος (fónos) φόνοι (fónoi)
genitive φόνου (fónou) φόνων (fónon)
accusative φόνο (fóno) φόνους (fónous)
vocative φόνε (fóne) φόνοι (fónoi)

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ φόνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language