ΠΑΤΡΟΚΤΟΝΟΥΣ, πατροκτονους
PATROKTONOUS, patroktonous
Sounds Like: pa-trok-TO-noos
Translations: parricidal, father-killing, a parricidal person, a father-killing person
From the root: ΠΑΤΡΟΚΤΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'father-killing' or 'parricidal'. It describes someone who kills their father, or something related to such an act. It is used to characterize individuals or actions as being involved in patricide.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 4:115
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΤΡΟΚΤΟΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΤΡΟΚΤΟΝΟΝ — patricidal, parricidal, murderer of a father, a murderer of a father
- ΠΑΤΡΟΚΤΟΝΟΥ — of a parricide, of a father-killer, of one who murders a father
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