θνητός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>973</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>901</span>, <span class="bibl">1396</span>: Dor. θνᾱτός (v. infr.): Aeol. θνᾶτος <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>13.7</span>: (θνῄσκω):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">liable to death, mortal</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀθάνατος</b>, freq. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Od.5.213</span>, al.; θ. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>967</span>; οὐδὲν… θνητὸν ἐόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.98</span>; ζῷα πάντα θ. καὶ φυτά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 265c</span>: as Subst., <b class="b3">θνητοί</b> [[mortals]], <span class="bibl">Od.19.593</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θνηταί</b> [[mortal women]], <span class="bibl">5.213</span>; <b class="b3">πάντων τῶν θ</b>. of all [[mortal creatures]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.216</span>, <span class="bibl">2.68</span>; <b class="b3">εἴ τις φθόγγος</b> (<b class="b3">φθόγγον</b> cod., but θ. is only used of living persons) εἰσακούεται θνητῶν παρ' Ἅιδῃ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>491</span>: Comp., ἐν θνητῷ ὄντες, ἔτι θνητοτέρους ἑαυτοὺς ποιοῦντες <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>4.20</span>: Sup., θνητότατος πάντων <span class="bibl">Plot.5.1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[befitting mortals]], [[human]], ἔργματα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 1069</span>; θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).16</span>; θνατὰ χρὴ τὸν θνατὸν… φρονεῖν <span class="bibl">Epich.[263]</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>473</span>; τὸ δαιμόνιον μεταξύ ἐστι θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>202e</span>.</span>