ἀνδρο-φόνος, ον,
man-slaying, Homeric epithet of Hector, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.724, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Achilles, χεῖρες ἀ.[[ 18.317] Refs]; homicide, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, murderous, ἀ. τὴν φύσιν[[ 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—rarely except of slaughter in battle, but in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.261 φάρμακον ἀ.] Refs 8th c.BC+] a murderous drug:—epithet of αῖμα, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 65.4. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__2 of women, murdering their husbands, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.252. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as law-term, one convicted of manslaughter, homicide, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.7, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.29, compare [prev. work]216:—hence as a term of abuse, τοὺς ἀ. ἰχθυοπώλας 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.228c, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III ἀ. Κῶνος, a landmark at Athens, [[ “IG” 3.61 A ii 15.] Refs]