ἀνδρο-κτᾰσία,
ἡ,(
κτείνω)
A). slaughter of men in battle, mostly in pl.,
παύσασθαι .. Ἄρην ἀνδροκτασιάων Il. 5.909 ;
μάχας τ’ ἀνδροκτασίας τε 7.237 , etc.: personified,
Hes. Th. 228 : in sg.,
ἀνδροκτασίης ὕπο λυγρῆς by reason of sad
homicide, Il. 23.86 , cf.
Hes. Oxy. 1359.1.17 ,
A. Th. 693 (lyr.).