θείνω
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
English (LSJ)
Ep. inf.
A θεινέμεναι Od.22.443: impf. ἔθεινον A.Pers.418, etc.: fut. θενῶ Ar.Ach.564: aor. 1 part. θείνας Il.20.481 (ἔθεινε in 21.491 may be impf.); other moods from an aor. 2 ἔθενον (which does not occur in ind.); imper. θένε E.Rh.676, Ar.Av.54; subj. θένω E.Rh.687 (troch.), Ar.Lys.821 (lyr.), cj. in Theoc.22.66; inf. θενεῖν E.Heracl. 271; part. θενών Id.Cyc.7, Ar.Eq.640,V.1384,Av.1613,Ra.855 (these forms were freq. incorrectly written θένειν, θένων, as if from a pres. Θένω):—Pass., only in pres. and impf.:—poet. word, strike, τινα Od. 18.63; ξίφεσι 22.443; φασγάνῳ αὐχένα θείνας Il.20.481; μάστιγι . . θείνων 17.430; [τόξοισι] ἔθεινε παρ' οὔατα 21.491:—Pass., 1.588; θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι 6.135; ἄορι 10.484; θεινομένου . . πρὸς οὔδεϊ dashed to earth, Od.9.459; later σκάπτῳ θενών τινα Pi.O.7.28; ῥαιστῆρι A. Pr.56, cf. 76; τινὰ δι' ἀσπίδος E.Heracl.738; ἰτέαν εἰς μέσην Id.Cyc.7; τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτραν Ar.Av.54; τῷ πρωκτῷ θενὼν τὴν κιγκλίδ' Id.Eq.640; ποσσὶ θ. σκέλος, of a wrestler, Theoc.22.66: abs., θείνετε v.l. in E.Or.1303 (lyr.); θεῖν', ἀντέρειδε Id.Supp.702; θένε, θένε Id.Rh.676 (lyr.):—Pass., A.Pers.303, Ch.388 (lyr.). 2 metaph., θείνει δ' ὀνείδει μάντιν Id.Th.382. 3 intr., of corpses, θ. ἐπ' ἀκτᾶς Id.Pers.966. II to the same Verb, but only with the meaning slay, belong the foll. forms formerly referred to a pres. Φένω, viz.: aor. 2 ἔπεφνον Il.21.55, Pi.P.10.46, B.17.19, S.OT1497; Ep. and Lyr. πέφνον Il.13.363, B.8.13; subj. πέφνῃς, ῃ, Od.22.346, Il.20.172; inf. πεφνέμεν 6.180; part. πεφνών 16.827 (parox. acc. to Aristarch., as if from a pres. πέφνω, which is found in late Ep., Opp.H.2.133): from the short form φᾰ (for φṇ) come pf. Pass. 3sg. πέφαται Il.15.140, al.; 3pl. πέφανται 5.531; inf. πεφάσθαι 13.447: fut. Pass. πεφήσεαι ib.829, Od.22.217; ἢ πέφατ' ἢ . . πεφήσεται Il.15.140; later, part. πεφασμένος Lyc.269, 1374, Opp.H.5.122: Gramm. also give aor. 1 φάσαι Hsch. s.v. φάσγανον, Phot. s.v. προσφατος, Sch.Pi.N. 1.69: aor. 2 part. παφών Hsch.: aor. 2 Med. ἀπ-έφατο,= ἀπέθανεν, Id. Hence also φᾰτός slain, Id., found in compds. Ἀρεί-φατος, μυλή-φατος, ὀδυνή-φατος, πυρί-φατος. (I.-E. g[uglide]hen- cf. Skt. hánti, pl. ghnánti, Hittite kuenzi, pl. kunanzi 'strike', 'kill'; g[uglide]hon- in Gr. φόνος; g[uglide]hn- in Skt. ghn-ánti, Gr. ἔ-πε-φν-ον (redupl.); g[uglide]hṇ- in Skt. -hata-, Gr. -φατο-, πέφαται, etc.)
