COMPOUND: Λυκοφόντης, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘Lykophontes’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem λυκο- (λύκος) ‘wolf’ (cf. Chantraine) + verbal root φον- (θείνω) ‘strike, slay‘ + noun suf. -της
OCCURRENCE: Il. VIII, 275.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (complement-N) – tatpuruṣa (N-governing)
NOTES: other etymologies have been put forward (Cf. Carnoy (DEMGR) and Chantraine)