ἐπιθᾰνάτ-ιος [νᾰ], ον,
condemned to death, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.35, LXX “Bel” (ό) 31, NT.1Cor.4.9 ] NT+1st c.BC+]; ἐ. μέλος, of [[ 6th c.BC: Arion Lyricus, 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 1.400. ] Refs 6th c.BC+] adverb -ίως, ἔχειν, = {ἐπιθανάτως ἔχειν}, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 13.27. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II. αἱ ἐ. δᾷδες the funeral torches, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 40.15 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; but ἐ. ἐπιστολή deadly, [[[prev. work] 2.28. ] Refs]