παιδοφόνος

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COMPOUND: παιδοφόνος, -ον  
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘killing children’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root παιδ-ο- (παῖς) ‘child’ + V/N root φόν- (gwhon-, φόνος ‘murder’, gwhen-, θείνω ‘hit’) ‘kill, murder’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXIV, 506.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: linking element -o-