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ἀνδροκτασία

ἀνδροκτασία, slaughter of men

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ἀνδροκτασίαι feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural, feminine dative singular of ἀνδροκτασία

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ἀνδρο-κτᾰσία, ἡ, (κτείνω)
  • slaughter of men in battle, mostly in pl., παύσασθαι . . Ἄρην ἀνδροκτασιάων Il. 5.909; μάχας τʼ ἀνδροκτασίας τε 7.237, etc.: personified, Hes. Th. 228: in sg., ἀνδροκτασίης ὕπο λυγρῆς by reason of sad homicide, Il. 23.86, cf. Hes. Oxy. 1359.1.17, A. Th. 693 (lyr.).

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