ΝΗΠΙΟΚΤΟΝΟΥ, νηπιοκτονου
NĒPIOKTONOU, nēpioktonou
Sounds Like: nay-pee-ok-TOH-noo
Translations: (of) child-killing, (of) infanticidal, (of) infanticide, (of) a child-killer
From the root: ΝΗΠΙΟΚΤΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word derived from 'νήπιος' (nēpios), meaning 'infant' or 'child', and '-κτόνος' (-ktonos), related to 'killing' or 'murder'. It describes something or someone that kills children or infants. It can function as an adjective, meaning 'child-killing' or 'infanticidal', or as a noun, meaning 'a child-killer' or 'one who commits infanticide'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 11:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 11:7
From the same root
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