ἀποκτείνω
(later -κτέννω (which see): -κταίνω[[ NT.2Cor.3.6, etc.), ] NT]future -κτενῶ, Ionic dialect -κτενέω[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.30] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἀπέκτεινα[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπέκτονα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; pluperfect 3rd.pers.plural -εκτόνεσαν[[ [prev. author] 19.148] Refs], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εκτόνεε[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67; later ἀπεκτόνηκα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 182b19, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 24.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 16; also ἀπέκταγκα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 344, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b16, 18, LXX.1Ki.24.12, etc.; ἀπέκτᾰκα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.18.10] LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 -έκτᾰνον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”] Refs 8th c.BC+], poetry 1st pers.plural ἀπέκταμεν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.121] Refs 8th c.BC+], infinitive -κτάμεναι, -κτάμεν, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.165, 5.675] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, late (ἀποθνήσκω being used as the passive by correct writers), present in [[ 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 7] Refs 4th c.AD+]: aorist ἀπεκτάνθην[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 65.4, LXX.1Mac.2.9] LXX+2nd c.AD+]: aorist 2 infinitive ἀποκτανῆναι[[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.284] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect infinitive ἀπεκτάνθαι[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.7.4, LXX.2Mac.4.36] LXX+2nd c.BC+]:—but aorist middle in passive sense ἀπέκτατο[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.437, 17.472] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle ἀποκτάμενος[[ 4.494, etc.] Refs]; compare ἀποκτείνυμι:— stronger form of κτείνω, kill, slay, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and the prevailing form in Attic dialect (compare ἀποθνήσκω): once in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1250, never in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, frequently in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “Hec.” 1244, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]