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θηρο-κτόνος

theroktonos

killing wild beasts

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Where it lives

  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant

θηρο-κτόνος · thēro-ktonos — LSJ

killing wild beasts

killing wild beasts, epith. of Heracles, IG 5(2).91 (Tegea); of Artemis, E. IA 1570, Corn. ND 3, Porph. Abst. 1.22; ἐν φοναῖς θ. in the chase, E. Hel. 154.

In the wild

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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