STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: τήκω

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to melt

τήκω,

[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 300.5, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+], Doric dialect τάκω [ᾱ] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 123 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future τήξω [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.277 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus), (συν-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 398 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular ταξεῖς (κατα-) [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 6.1 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἔτηξα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.96, (κατ-) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.206, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect τέτηκα, in intransitive sense, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.176, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τέτᾱκα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1141 (Lyric poetry), (προσ-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 836 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐτετήκειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.15:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, future τήξομαι (but in passive sense) [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτηξάμην [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 63, 164, 350 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, future τᾰκήσομαι [[ LXX.Lev.26.39, +others, “Anacreontea” 10.16, (συν-) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.752e: ] LXX+1st c.AD+]aorist ἐτάκην [ᾰ] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251b, “Ti.” 83a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in compounds ἐξ-, ἐν-, συν-; rarely ἐτήχθην, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 61b ] Refs 5th c.BC+], once in Trag., συντηχθείς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1029 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτηγμαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.106d, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.272 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; but in early Gr. the perfect and pluperfect passive are supplied by the intransitive active perfect and pluperfect τέτηκα, ἐτετήκειν (see. above).

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__II passive, with intransitive perfect active τέτηκα, melt, be dissolved, melt away, of snow, thaw, χιὼν τηκομένη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.207; ῥέειν ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22; λευκῆς τακείσης χιόνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 3; ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν τακῇ χιών [prev. author] “fragment” 228.4; τὴν χιόνα τετηκέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.15 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of metals, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὥς [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 862; σίδηρος.. πυρὶ κηλέῳ τήκεται [prev. work] 866 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also τετηκότα (i.e. κρέα) sodden flesh, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 246 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄλφιτα πυρὶ τ. is consumed, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.18 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τήκεται κοιλίη, merely, is relaxed, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]“Aër.” 7; of putrefying flesh, fall away, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 82e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a corpse, κατθανὼν ἐτήκετο [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 906 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κηκὶς μηρίων ἐτήκετο[[ [prev. work] 1008; πυρὸς τετακότας σποδῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1141 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τοῦτο τετηκυῖα resolved into.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 85d; στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται NT.2Pet.3.12 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of fat, τακείσης πιμελῆς [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.192, compare 18(2)] Refs 2nd c.AD+].140; of food in the digestive organs, τήκεται μὲν ἡ πρότερον ῥηθεῖσα [πτισάνη], ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρα δύστηκτός ἐστι [[ [prev. author] 6.784. ] Refs]