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ἀποθνῄσκω
ἀποθνῄσκω
Ancient Greek
Verb
ἀποθνῄσκω • (apothnḗiskō)
- Strengthened form of θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō), but essentially synonymous
- To die
- To be killed, put to death, slain: serves as passive of ἀποκτείνω (apokteínō)
Inflection
Present: ἀποθνῄσκω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἀποθνῄσκω | ἀποθνῄσκεις | ἀποθνῄσκει | ἀποθνῄσκετον | ἀποθνῄσκετον | ἀποθνῄσκομεν | ἀποθνῄσκετε | ἀποθνῄσκουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἀποθνῄσκω | ἀποθνῄσκῃς | ἀποθνῄσκῃ | ἀποθνῄσκητον | ἀποθνῄσκητον | ἀποθνῄσκωμεν | ἀποθνῄσκητε | ἀποθνῄσκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἀποθνῄσκοιμῐ | ἀποθνῄσκοις | ἀποθνῄσκοι | ἀποθνῄσκοιτον | ἀποθνῃσκοίτην | ἀποθνῄσκοιμεν | ἀποθνῄσκοιτε | ἀποθνῄσκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἀπόθνῃσκε | ἀποθνῃσκέτω | ἀποθνῄσκετον | ἀποθνῃσκέτων | ἀποθνῄσκετε | ἀποθνῃσκόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποθνῄσκειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποθνῄσκων | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποθνῄσκουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποθνῇσκον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἀπέθνῃσκον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἀπέθνῃσκον | ἀπέθνῃσκες | ἀπέθνῃσκε(ν) | ἀπεθνῄσκετον | ἀπεθνῃσκέτην | ἀπεθνῄσκομεν | ἀπεθνῄσκετε | ἀπέθνῃσκον | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἀποθανέομαι | ἀποθανέῃ, ἀποθανέει |
ἀποθανέεται | ἀποθανέεσθον | ἀποθανέεσθον | ἀποθανεόμεθᾰ | ἀποθανέεσθε | ἀποθανέονται | ||||
| optative | ἀποθανεοίμην | ἀποθανέοιο | ἀποθανέοιτο | ἀποθανέοισθον | ἀποθανεοίσθην | ἀποθανεοίμεθᾰ | ἀποθανέοισθε | ἀποθανέοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποθανέεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποθανεόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποθανεομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποθανεόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: ἀποθανοῦμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἀποθανοῦμαι | ἀποθανῇ | ἀποθανεῖται | ἀποθανεῖσθον | ἀποθανεῖσθον | ἀποθανούμεθᾰ | ἀποθανεῖσθε | ἀποθανοῦνται | ||||
| optative | ἀποθανοίμην | ἀποθανοῖο | ἀποθανοῖτο | ἀποθανοῖσθον | ἀποθανοίσθην | ἀποθανοίμεθᾰ | ἀποθανοῖσθε | ἀποθανοῖντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποθανεῖσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποθανούμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποθανουμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποθανούμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἀπέθανον | ἀπέθανες | ἀπέθανε(ν) | ἀπεθάνετον | ἀπεθανέτην | ἀπεθάνομεν | ἀπεθάνετε | ἀπέθανον | ||||
| subjunctive | ἀποθάνω | ἀποθάνῃς | ἀποθάνῃ | ἀποθάνητον | ἀποθάνητον | ἀποθάνωμεν | ἀποθάνητε | ἀποθάνωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἀποθάνοιμῐ | ἀποθάνοις | ἀποθάνοι | ἀποθάνοιτον | ἀποθανοίτην | ἀποθάνοιμεν | ἀποθάνοιτε | ἀποθάνοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἀπόθανε | ἀποθανέτω | ἀποθάνετον | ἀποθανέτων | ἀποθάνετε | ἀποθανόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποθανεῖν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποθανών | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποθανοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποθανόν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἀποθνῄσκω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «ἀποθνῄσκω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἀποθνῄσκω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἀποθνῄσκω» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- “G599”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Albert Rijksbaron (2006), The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek, 3rd ed., Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press: section 42.2, p. 139