murder of strangers
murder of strangers, D.S. 1.88, D.H. 1.41 (pl.).
II murder of a guest, of a host
murder of a guest, Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.319d ; of a host, Id. Dio 54.
The corpus record
ξενο-κτονία
xenoktonia · ἡ
murder of strangers
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Where it lives
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ξενοκτονίας · xenoktonias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1272)
Where it came from
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