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φόνος , , (θείνω)
A.murder, slaughter,τεύξασα πόσει φόνονOd.11.430; “τοίσδεσσι φόνον καὶ κῆρα φυτεύει2.165; “φ. ῥάπτειν16.379; “μερμηρίζειν2.325; “ὁρμαίνειν4.843; “σμικρῇσι φόνον φέρει ὀρνίθεσσιIl. 17.757, etc.; “φόνον πράσσεινPi.N.3.46; “ἀκούσιον φ. ἐξεργάσασθαιPl. Lg.869a; “βουλεῦσαί τινιS.Aj.1055; “ἔθου φόνονId.OC542 (lyr.); “ἐκπορίζεινE.Ion 1114; of arrows, “φ. προπέμπεινS.Ph.105; τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι exact vengeance for the killing . . , Hdt.7.158; κατὰ ζῴων φόνου καὶ μὴ φόνου ὧδε ἔχει killing or not-killing, Democr.257; in poet. phrases, φ. συρίζειν, κινύρεσθαι, πνεῖν, A.Pr.357 (s. v.l.), Th.123 (lyr.), Ag.1309; φ. τινός the murder of . . , Id.Eu.580, etc.; φ. Ἑλληνικὸς μέγιστος slaughter of Greeks, Hdt.7.170; “ὅμαιμος αὐθέντης φ.A.Eu.212; “πατρῷοςS.El.955; πολύκερως, ἄρνειος φ., Id.Aj. 55,309; “ἐπὶ φόνῳ πράσσεις φόνονE.Or.1579, cf. HF1084 (lyr.); “γέρων φ. μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοιA.Ch.805 (lyr.), etc.; “ ὑπὸ Θήβης Ἀλεξάνδρον φ.Plu.2.856a; “ κατὰ τῶν πολιτῶν φ.D.S.19.8: pl., “φόνοι τ᾽ ἀνδροκτασίαι τεOd.11.612 (personified in Hes.Th.228); “ἔμφυλοι φ. ἀνδρῶνThgn.51, cf. S.OC962.
3. death as a punishment,φ. προκεῖσθαι δημόλευστονS.Ant.36.
6. rascal that deserves death, gallowsbird, a Dorian phrase, EM662.4.
II. of the agent or instrument of slaughter, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσι to be a death to heroes, Il. 16.144, cf. Od.21.24; of poison, Mim.Oxy.413.180; “ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίραςLXX Ex.17.13, De.13.15(16), 20.13; without ἐν, Nu.21.24.
III. = ἀτρακτυλίς, Thphr.HP6.4.6.
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