θυμοβόρος

in θ

COMPOUND: θυμοβόρος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘eating the heart’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem θυμο- (θυμός) ‘soul, spirit’ + verbal root βορ- (βιβρώσκω) ‘eat’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. VII, 210, 301; XVI, 476; XIX, 58; XX, 253
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. f. (target gender) sg., dat. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: in Il. always epith. of Heris