θάνᾰτος [θᾰ], ὁ,
(θνῄσκω) death, whether natural or violent, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ὑπαλευάμενος θάνατον the death threatened by them, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.275; ὣς θάνον οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ 11.412 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θάνατόνδε to death, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693, 22.297 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θανάτου τέλος, μοῖρα, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 906 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 917 (_anapaest meter_), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς for life and death, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.29; θ. ἢ βίον φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 802; θάνατος μὲν τάδ᾽ ἀκούειν [prev. author] “OC” 529; θανάτῳ ἴσον πάθος [prev. author] “Aj.” 215; ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 201 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεώς ἐστι θ., ἀνάστατον γενέσθαι it is its death, [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 61 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γῆρας ζῶν θ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 12 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θάνατον ἀποθνῄσκειν, τελευτᾶν, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.76. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 in Law, death-penalty, θάνατον καταγνῶναί τινος to pass sentence of death on one, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θανάτου δίκῃ κρίνεσθαι[[ [prev. work] 57; θανάτου κρίνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.14, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.14.6; περὶ θανάτου διώκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς.. ἀγωνίσασθαι περὶ θ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.47 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θ. τῆς ζημίας ἐπικειμένης the penalty is death, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; elliptically, παιδίον κεκος μημένον τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. στολήν) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109; τὴν ἐπὶ θ. προσαγαγεῖν τινα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δῆσαί τινα τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. δέσιν) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔξοδον ποιεῖσθαι to go to execution, [[ [prev. author] 7.223; ἐπὶ θάνατον ἄγεσθαι [prev. author] 3.14 ] Refs]; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου for any penalty short of death, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54; εὐθύνας εἶναι πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας “IG” 12.39.73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι short of death or maiming, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.183. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]