ἀποθνῄσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-θᾰνοῦμαι</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-θανέομαι</b> or <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -εῦμαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.143</span>, <span class="bibl">7.134</span>:—strengthd. for <b class="b3">θνῄσκω</b>, [[die]], Hom. (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.27</span>, and once in Trag. (<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>578.6</span>); in Com. and Prose the usual form of the pres.; σεῦ ἀποτεθνηῶτος <span class="bibl">Il.22.432</span>; ἀποθνῄσκων περὶ φασγάνῳ <span class="bibl">Od.11.424</span>; βόες δ' ἀποτέθνασαν ἤδη <span class="bibl">12.393</span>; ἐκ τῶν τρωμάτων <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.63</span>; ὑπὸ λιμοῦ <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>: c. dat., <b class="b3">βρόμῳ κεραυνοῦ</b> Pi.l.c.; νόσῳ <span class="bibl">Th.8.84</span>: c. acc. cogn., θάνατον ἀ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.8.3</span>, etc.; εἰς ἕτερον ζῆν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span> 365d</span>; <b class="b2">to be ready to die</b>, of laughter, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>15</span>; ἀ. τῷ δέει <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">MM</span>1191a35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> serving as Pass. of <b class="b3">ἀποκτείνω</b>, <b class="b2">to be put to death, slain</b>, ὑπό τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.137</span>, <span class="bibl">7.154</span>; esp. by judicial sentence, ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Lycurg.93</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>29d</span>, <span class="bibl">32d</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1397a30</span> (v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[renounce]], νόμῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Gal.</span>2.19</span>; ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Col.</span>2.20</span>.</span>