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1 λυκοκτόνος
λῠκο-κτόνος, ον,A wolf-slaying, epith. of Apollo, S.El.6, Plu.2.966a, Porph.Abst.1.22, and v. Λύκειος; λ. φαρέτρη AP13.22 (Phaedim.).II [full] λυκοκτόνον, τό, wolf's-bane, aconitum, Gal.11.820.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λυκοκτόνος
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2 Λυκηγενής
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: surn. of Apollon (Δ 101, 119).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: As for Λύκειος (A.) also for Λυκη-γενής connection with wolf, with the Lycians, earlier also with `light' (cf. on λύχνος) have been attempted. On the explanations s. Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 536ff.; (he prefers `wolf-god' ( = λυκο-κτόνος, as protector of the herds) and takes Λυκηγενής `born in Lycia' as a reinterpretation of Λύκειος as Λύκιος `the Lycian'. There is little doubt that it means `born in Lycia', Beekes JANER 3(2003) 15f. (the antiquity of the formation appears from the lack of the ι in Λυκι-).Page in Frisk: 2,143Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Λυκηγενής
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νεβροκτόνος — νεβροκτόνος, ον (Α) αυτός που φονεύει νεβρό. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. νεβρός «ελαφάκι» + κτόνος (< κτείνω «σκοτώνω»), πρβλ. λυκο κτόνος, μηλο κτόνος] … Dictionary of Greek
