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θνῄσκω

θνῄσκω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • θναίσκω (thnaískō) Aeolic
  • θνᾴσκω (thnā́iskō) Doric
  • θνήσκω (thnḗskō)

Verb

θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō)

  1. I die; (aorist and perfect) I am dead
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.52
      οὐ γάρ πώ τοι μοῖρα θανεῖν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν
      Nor yet is it thy fate to die and meet thy doom.
  2. (serves as passive of κτείνω (kteínō, kill)) to be killed
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.289
      ἦ θήν μιν μάλα ἔλπετο θῡμὸς ἑκάστου
      χερσὶν ὑπ᾽ Αἴαντος θανέειν Τελαμωνιάδᾱο.
      Truly the heart of every one [of us] really hoped that [Hector] had been killed at the hands of Ajax son of Telamon.

Usage notes

In the present, the aorist and the future, the compound form ἀποθνῄσκω (apothnḗiskō) is often substituted.

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