kill, slay,
ἀποκτείνω(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. 3 pl.
-εκτόνεσαν
Id. 19.148
, Ion.
3 sg.
-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.1 pl.
ἀπέκταμεν
Od. 23.121
,inf. -κτάμεναι, -κτάμεν,
Il. 20.165 , 5.675 :— Pass. , late (ἀποθνήσκωbeing 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
, LXX 2 Ma. 4.36 :—butaor.
Med. in pass. sense ἀπέκτατο
Il. 15.437
, 17.472 ;part.
ἀποκτάμενος
4.494
, etc.; cf.ἀποκτείνυμι:— stronger form ofκτείνω, 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. HG 2.3.21 , 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 .
