COMPOUND: φασσοφόνος, -ον 
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘dove-killing’
ETIMOLOGY: φασσ- ο- (φάσσα) ‘ringdove or cushat’ + verbal root -φόν- (θείνω) ‘kill’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XV, 238
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
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