COMPOUND: φθισίμβροτος, ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [V+N]
MEANING: ‘destroying or killing men’
ETIMOLOGY: verbal root φθισ- (fut. and aor. < φθίω, φθίνω, intrans. ‘decay, wane’) trans., caus. ’cause to decay or pine away, consume, destroy’ + -ι- + -μβροτος (βροτός, cmp. ἀμβροτος) ‘mortal man’
OCCURRENCE: Il. XIII, 339; Od. XXII, 297
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. (target gender) sg., acc. f. (target gender) pl.
HEADEDNESS: exoocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument) –  tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: linking element -ι- . Accent shift in compounding