kill, slay
κτείνω, Ep.
subj.
A.
κτείνωμι
Od. 19.490
; Aeol.
κτέννωHdn.Gr. 2.303 (andaor. 1 part.
κτένναις
Alc. 33.5
), but κταίνω
Id. 140
acc. to Eust. 1648.5 (leg.Ἀλκμᾶνι); Ep. Iterat. κτείνεσκε
Il. 24.393
:fut. κτενῶ, Ep.
κτενέω
Od. 16.404
, -έεις
Il. 22.13 , -έειib. 124 , al. ( κτενεῖ
15.65
, 68 ),part. κτανέονταonly 18.309 (but in compos. κατα-κτανέουσιν
6.409
):aor. 1
ἔκτεινα
19.296
, etc.:aor. 2
ἔκτᾰνον
2.701
, etc.:pf.not found un compounded:plpf.
ἀπ-εκτονήκειν
Plu. Tim. 16
:— Pass. ,fut. κτανθήσομαιSch.T Il. 14.481 : Ep.
3 pl. aor.
ἔκτᾰθεν
Il. 11.691
, Od. 4.537 , κτάθεν
Q.S. 1.812
; ἐκτάνθην
AP 14.32
, (ἀπ-) LXX 1 Ma. 2.9 , Ev.Marc. 8.31 , D.C. 65.4 :aor. 2 ἀπ-εκτάνην [ᾰ] Gal. 14.284 :pf. ἐκτάνθαι ̔ἀπ-) Plb. 7.7.4 :—Hom.also uses non-thematic forms,3 sg., 1 and3 pl. aor.
ἔκτᾰ
Od. 11.410
, al. (κατ- Il. 15.432 ), ἔκτᾰμεν
Od. 12.375
, ἔκτᾰν
19.276
, Il. 10.526 (ἔκταalso in S. Tr. 38 , E. HF 423 (lyr., withᾱ));1 pl. subj.
κτέωμεν
Od. 22.216
;inf. κτάμεν(κατα-) Il. 9.458 ,κτάμεναι [ᾰ] 5.301 , al.;part. κτάς(κατα-) 22.323 , also in Trag., A. Th. 965 (lyr.), E. IT 715 :aor.
Med. in pass. sense,3 sg.
ἀπ-έκτᾰτο
Il. 15.437
;inf. κτάσθαιib. 558 (prob. in pass. sense);part.
κτάμενος
22.75
, Hes. Op. 541 , Pi. Fr. 203 codd., A. Pers. 923 (lyr.), Cratin. 95 :—kill, slay, freq. in Poets, also in early Att. , Lex Draconis in IG 12.115.20 ; but in Prose and Com.ἀποκτείνωprevailed; usu. of men, less freq. of slayingan animal, as Il. 15.587 , Od. 12.375 , 19.543 , Ar. Av. 1063 (lyr.);Οὖτίς με κτείνει δόλῳ seeks to killme, Od. 9.408 , cf. S. OC 993 ;ὁ κτανών the slayer, murderer, A. Eu. 422 ; οἱ κτανόντες
Id. Ch. 41
(lyr.), 144 , etc.
2. put to death, Th. 1.132 , Arist. HA 625a16 , al.; esp. in legal language, εἰ . . ἐν δίκῃ ἔκτεινεν ὁ κτείνας
Pl. Euthphr. 4b
, cf. Prt. 322d , Lg. 871e , al., Lys. 10.11 .
3. of things,ὥστε καὶ κτείνεινso asto be fatal, of the plague, Th. 2.51 (so in Pass. ,εὖτ' ἂν ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ κτεινέωνταιwhen the diseaseis proceeding towards a fatal termination, Aret. SD 1.5 ); τὰ φύλλα [ἀποκύνου] . . κτείνει κύνας
Dsc. 4.80
.
4. put an end to, θέρος [νοῦσον] κτείνει
Aret. SD 1.16
. ( Pass. in Hom. and Ion. Prose, Il. 11.668 , 14.60 , Od. 11.413 , Hdt. 4.3 , etc.; but Trag. almost always usedθνῄσκωorκαταθνῄσκωas the Pass. , Com. Poets and Prose writersἀποθνῄσκω.) (Cf. Skt.k[snull ]atás'wounded'.)
