θᾰνᾰτήφορ-ος, ον,
death-bringing, αἶσα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 369 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; περίοδος θ. cycle of mortality, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of hurts or accidents, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a surgical operation, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.17.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ῥίζα ἐν Αἰθιοπία, of arrow-poison, Acokanthera Schimperi, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.15.2; ὀδύναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 672a36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένεθλα.. θ. κεῖται causing death by contagion, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 181 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαι μεταβολαὶ πολιτειῶν θ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.32; ἁμαρτία LXX.Num.18.22 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; δίκαι capital trials, [[ “Not.Arch.” 4.19 (Cyrene, Aug.); ἐπιστολή 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.12.8; περιστάσεις 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 225.7 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ρως, νοσεῖν [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.148S. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: neuter singular as adverb, ἐπλήγη οὐχὶ -φόρον [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 27.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but -φόρον ᾄδειν to sing a death song, [[ Anthologia Graeca 11.186 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]