ἀποκτείνω
θεοὶ μὲν γὰρ μελλόντων, ἄνθρωποι δὲ γιγνομένων, σοφοὶ δὲ προσιόντων αἰσθάνονται → because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things
English (LSJ)
(later -κτέννω (q. v.):
A -κταίνω 2 Ep.Cor.3.6, etc.), fut. -κτενῶ, Ion. -κτενέω Hdt.3.30: aor. 1 ἀπέκτεινα Il.: pf. ἀπέκτονα Isoc.12.66, Pl.Ap.38c, X.Ap.29, D.22.2; plpf. 3pl. -εκτόνεσαν Id.19.148, Ion. 3sg. -εκτόνεε Hdt.5.67; later ἀπεκτόνηκα Arist. SE 182b19, Parth.24.2, Plu. Tim.16; also ἀπέκταγκα Men.344, Arist. Pol.1324b16,18, LXX 1 Ki.24.12, etc.; ἀπέκτᾰκα Plb.11.18.10: aor. 2 -έκτᾰνον Il., poet. 1pl. ἀπέκταμεν Od.23.121, inf. -κτάμεναι, -κτάμεν, Il.20.165, 5.675:—Pass., late (ἀποθνήσκω being used as the Pass. by correct writers), pres. in Palaeph.7: aor. ἀπεκτάνθην D.C.65.4, LXX 1 Ma.2.9: aor. 2 inf. ἀποκτανῆναι Gal. 14.284: pf. inf. ἀπεκτάνθαι Plb.7.7.4, LXX2 Ma.4.36:—but aor. Med. in pass. sense ἀπέκτατο Il. 15.437, 17.472; part. ἀποκτάμενος 4.494, etc.; cf. ἀποκτείνυμι:— stronger form of κτείνω, kill, slay, Ep., Ion., and the prevailing form in Att. (cf. ἀποθνήσκω): once in A.Ag.1250, never in S., freq. in E., Hec. 1244, al. 2 of judges, condemn to death, Antipho 5.92, Pl.Ap.30d sq., etc.; also of the accuser, And.4.37, X.HG2.3.21, Th.6.61; put to death, Hdt.6.4: generally of the law, Pl.Prt. 325b. 3 metaph., τὸ σεμνὸν ὥς μ' ἀ. τὸ σόν E.Hipp.1064; σὺ μή μ' ἀπόκτειν) Id.Or. 1027.
