φονεύς

Ancient Greek

From φόνος (phónos), the o-grade of θείνω (theínō, “kill”), +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

φονεύς • (phoneús) m (genitive φονέως); third declension

Third declension of ὁ φονεύς; τοῦ φονέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φονεύς ho phoneús	τὼ φονῆ tṑ phonê	οἱ φονῆς / φονεῖς hoi phonês / phoneîs
Genitive	τοῦ φονέως toû phonéōs	τοῖν φονέοιν toîn phonéoin	τῶν φονέων tôn phonéōn
Dative	τῷ φονεῖ tōî phoneî	τοῖν φονέοιν toîn phonéoin	τοῖς φονεῦσῐ / φονεῦσῐν toîs phoneûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν φονέᾱ tòn phonéā	τὼ φονῆ tṑ phonê	τοὺς φονέᾱς toùs phonéās
Vocative	φονεῦ phoneû	φονῆ phonê	φονῆς / φονεῖς phonês / phoneîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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“φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“φονεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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φονεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G5406 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assassin idem, page 45.
- butcher idem, page 107.
- homicide idem, page 404.
- murderer idem, page 546.
- murdress idem, page 547.
- slaughterer idem, page 782.
- slayer idem, page 783.