COMPOUND: Ἀντιφάτης, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘Antiphates’
ETIMOLOGY: ἀντί ‘over against, in opposition to’ + verbal root φα- (θείνω, φόνος) ‘slay’ + nomen agentis suf. -της
OCCURRENCE: Il. X, 106, 114, 199; XII, 191; Od. XV, 242, 243
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg., acc. m. sg., nom. sg.,
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: uncertain etymology