COMPOUND: ἀλεξίκακος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [V+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘keeping off ill or mischief’
ETIMOLOGY: verbal root ἀλέξ- (ἀλέξω) ‘ward off, turn aside’ + linking element -ι- + κακ-όν ‘evil, ill’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. X, 20
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: linking element -ι-?