τυραννοκτονέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῠρᾰννοκτόνος (tŭrănnoktónos) +‎ -έω (-éō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τῠρᾰννοκτονέω • (tŭrănnoktonéō)

  1. to murder, kill or slay a tyrant
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Tyrannicida 21:
      ἀπόσφαξον, τυραννοκτόνησον καὶ τοῦ πενθεῖν ἀπάλλαξον
      apósphaxon, turannoktónēson kaì toû pentheîn apállaxon
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (passive voice) to be killed, murdered or slain as a tyrant
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Tyrannicida 20:
      τέκνον, ἀνηρήμεθα, πεφονεύμεθα, τετυραννοκτονήμεθα, ποῦ ὁ σφαγεὺς
      téknon, anērḗmetha, pephoneúmetha, teturannoktonḗmetha, poû ho sphageùs
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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