ΦΟΝΙΚΩΤΕΡΟΝ, φονικωτερον
PHONIKŌTERON, phonikōteron
Sounds Like: foh-nee-koh-TEH-ron
Translations: more murderous, more deadly, more bloodthirsty, more fatally, more murderously
From the root: ΦΟΝΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ΦΟΝΙΚΟΣ' (murderous, deadly). It can be used as an adjective meaning 'more murderous' or 'more deadly', or as an adverb meaning 'more murderously' or 'more fatally'. It describes something or someone that is more inclined to kill or cause death, or an action performed in a more deadly or murderous manner.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative; or Masculine/Feminine, Accusative; Comparative Degree
Strong’s number: G5408 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:79
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΝΙΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΟΝΙΚΑΣ — murderous, deadly, homicidal, pertaining to murder
- ΦΟΝΙΚΗΣ — of deadly, of murderous, of savage
- ΦΟΝΙΚΟΝ — murderous, deadly, homicidal, a murderous thing
- ΦΟΝΙΚΩΝ — of murderous, of deadly, of homicidal
- ΦΟΝΙΚΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most murderous, most deadly, most bloodthirsty
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