COMPOUND: φθισήνωρ, -ορος
CATEGORIZATION: A [V+N]
MEANING: ‘destroying or killing men’
ETYMOLOGY: verbal root φθισ- (cf. fut. and aor. < φθίω, φθίνω, intrans. ‘decay, wane’) trans., caus. ’cause to decay or pine away, consume, destroy’ + *ήνωρ (= ἀνήρ) ‘man’
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 833; IX, 604; X, 78; XI, 331; XIV, 43;  
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
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