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|Definition=[θᾰ], ὁ, (θνῄσκω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">death</b>, whether natural or violent, Hom., etc.; <b class="b3">τῶν ὑπαλευάμενος θάνατον</b> <b class="b2">the death threatened</b> by them, <span class="bibl">Od.15.275</span>; ὣς θάνον οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ <span class="bibl">11.412</span>; [[θάνατόνδε]] <b class="b2">to death</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.693</span>, <span class="bibl">22.297</span>; <b class="b3">θανάτου τέλος, μοῖρα</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>906</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>917</span> (anap.), etc.; <b class="b3">θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς</b> for life and <b class="b2">death</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.29</span>; θ. ἢ βίον φέρει <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>802</span>; θάνατος μὲν τάδ' ἀκούειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>529</span>; θανάτῳ ἴσον πάθος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 215</span>; ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>201</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεώς ἐστι θ., ἀνάστατον γενέσθαι</b> it is its <b class="b2">death</b>, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.61</span>; <b class="b3">γῆρας ζῶν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">θάνατον ἀποθνῄσκειν, τελευτᾶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.76</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Law, <b class="b2">death-penalty</b>, <b class="b3">θάνατον καταγνῶναί τινος</b> to pass <b class="b2">sentence of death</b> on one, <span class="bibl">Th.3.81</span>; <b class="b3">θανάτου δίκῃ κρίνεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">57</span>; θανάτου κρίνειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.14.6</span>; περὶ θανάτου διώκειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.3.6</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς… ἀγωνίσασθαι περὶ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.4.47</span>; <b class="b3">θ. τῆς ζημίας ἐπικειμένης</b> the penalty is <b class="b2">death</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.50</span>; ellipt., <b class="b3">παιδίον κεκος μημένον τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">στολήν</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.109</span>; τὴν ἐπὶ θ. προσαγαγεῖν τινα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>44</span>; but <b class="b3">δῆσαί τινα τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">δέσιν</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.119</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔξοδον ποιεῖσθαι</b> to go to <b class="b2">execution</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.7.223</span>; ἐπὶ θάνατον ἄγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.3.14</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου</b> for any penalty short of <b class="b2">death</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.54</span>; εὐθύνας εἶναι πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας <span class="title">IG</span>12.39.73; <b class="b3">εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι</b> short <b class="b2">of death</b> or maiming, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.183</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> pl., <b class="b3">θάνατοι</b> <b class="b2">kinds of death</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.341</span>; <b class="b2">the deaths</b> of several persons, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1200</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>628</span> (both lyr.); poet., of one person, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>53</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>496</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>206</span> (all lyr.); οὐχ ἑνός, οὐδὲ δυοῖν ἄξια θανάτοιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>908e</span>; πολλῶν θ., οὐχ ἑνὸς ἄξιος <span class="bibl">D.21.21</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">19.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>483</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.24</span>; δεύτερος θ. <b class="b2">*apoc</b>. <span class="bibl">2.11</span>, cf. Plu.2.942f; esp. of <b class="b2">violent death</b>, θ. αὐθένται <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1572</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>879</span> (lyr.); εἰς θανάτους ἰέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>399b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., <b class="b3">Θάνατος</b> <span class="title">Death</span>, Ὕπνῳ… κασιγνήτῳ Θανάτοιο <span class="bibl">Il.14.231</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>854</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>797</span>, etc.; μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θ. οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>161</span>; <b class="b3">ὃν [ἰὸν] τέκετο Θ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 834</span>; character in E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">corpse</b>, θ. ἀτύμβευτος <span class="title">AP</span>9.439 (Crin.).</span>