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|Definition=Aeol. [[κατθναίσκω]] Sapph.62 ([[καταθνάσκω]] codd.): fut. καταθανοῦμαι: aor. κατέθανον, Ep. [[κάτθανον]]; late ''poet.'' aor. 1 [[κάθθανα]] Maiuri<br><span class="bld">A</span> Nuova Silloge 48: pf. [[κατατέθνηκα]] (v. infr.):—poet. Verb, [[die away]], [[be dying]], τὸν δὲ καταθνῄσκων προσέφη Il.22.355; [[κάτθανε]] καὶ [[Πάτροκλος]] [[died]], 21.107: in pf., to [[be dead]], [[κατατεθνήκασι]], opp. [[ζώουσι]], 15.664: freq. in pf. part., ἀνδρὸς… κατατεθνηῶτος 7.89, 22.164; νέκυι κατατεθνηῶτι 16.565; νεκροὺς κατατεθνηῶτας 18.540, etc.: used by Trag. only in sync. fut. κατθανοῦμαι, E.''Med.''1386, ''Alc.''150, etc.; and in inf. and part. of sync. aor. κατθανεῖν, [[κατθανών]], A.''Ag.'' 1290, 873, etc.: once in ind., [[κάτθανε]] ib.1553 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[perish]], [[μέλι]]… [[κάτθανε]] ἐν κηρῷ λυπεύμενον Mosch.3.34; [[κάτθανε]] δ' ἁ μορφὰ σὺν Ἀδώνιδι Bion 1.31.