ΤΕΚΝΟΦΑΓΙΑΣ, τεκνοφαγιας
TEKNOPHAGIAS, teknophagias
Sounds Like: tek-no-fa-GHEE-as
Translations: of child-eating, of infanticide, of cannibalism (of children)
From the root: ΤΕΚΝΟΦΑΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound noun formed from 'τέκνον' (child) and 'φαγεῖν' (to eat). It refers to the act of eating one's own children, or more broadly, infanticide or the practice of cannibalism involving children. It describes a horrific act of consuming offspring.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 3:41
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