COMPOUND: μιαίφονος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [V+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘bloodthirsty, murderous’
ETYMOLOGY: verbal stem μιαί– (μιαίνω) ‘stain, sully’ + verbal root φον- (θείνω) ‘murder’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE Il. V, 31, 455, 844; XXI, 402.
CASE: nom. m. sg., voc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative –  karmadhāraya
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