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θνῄσκωθνῄσκω (with ι IG2.2477.7, 10,2494, Ἀρχ.Ἐφ.1910.73; θνείσκ- IG 2.4040b; [ἀποθν]ήισκειν Pl.Phdr. in PPetr.1p.18 (iii B.C.), but θνήσκω Did. ap. EM452.29, freq. in codd.), Aeol. θναίσκω Hdn.Gr.2.79, Dor. θνᾴσκω Sammelb.6754.22 (iii B.C.): fut. θᾰνοῦμαι Simon.85.9, S.Ant. 462, etc.; Ep. inf. -έεσθαι Il.4.12; later θνήξομαι AP9.354 (Leon.), Polyaen.5.2.22 codd.: aor. 2 ἔθᾰνον, Ep. θάνον Od.11.412, al.; inf. Ep. and Ion. θανέειν, as always in Hom., exc. Il.7.52, θανέμεν Pi.P.4.72: pf. τέθνηκα Il.18.12, etc.; subj. τεθνήκω Th.8.74: plpf. ἐτεθνήκειν Antipho 5.70, Lys.19.48; 3pl. -ήκεσαν And.1.52: short forms of pf., 3dual τέθνᾰτον X.An.4.1.19, 1pl. τέθνᾰμεν Pl.Grg.493a, 3pl. τεθνᾶσι Il.22.52, etc.; 3pl. plpf. ἐτέθνᾰσαν Antipho 5.70, And.1.59, X.HG6.4.16; imper. τέθνᾰθι Il.22.365, τεθνάτω 15.496, IG12.10, Pl. Lg.933e, etc.; opt. τεθναίην Il.18.98, etc.; inf. τεθνάναι [ᾰ] Semon. 3, Hdt.1.31, Ar.Ra.1012, Pl.Com.68, Th.8.92, etc., τεθνᾶναι dub.l. in Mimn.2.10, A.Ag.539; Ep. τεθνάμεναι, -άμεν, Il.24.225, 15.497, etc.; Aeol. τεθνάκην Sapph.2.15; part. τεθνεώς Hdt.9.120, Ar.Av. 476, etc., fem. τεθνεῶσα Lys.31.22, D.40.27 (τεθνηκυῖα Hippon.29, E. Or.109), neut. τεθνεός Hdt.1.112, Hp.Nat.Mul.32 (τεθνηκός Pl.Phd. 71d, pl. τεθνεῶτα 72c); gen. τεθνεῶτος, etc., Hdt.5.68, etc. (once in Hom., dat. τεθνεῶτι Od.19.331); poet. τεθνεότος Archel. ap. Antig. Mir.89, Q.S.7.65; Dor. τεθνᾰότα Pi.N.10.74; Ep. τεθνηώς (v.l. -ειώς) Il.17.161, -ηυῖα Od.4.734, (κατα-) 11.141; gen. τεθνηῶτος Il.9.633, etc.; also τεθνηότος 17.435, Od.15.23, al. [τεθνεῶτι is trisyll. Od.19.331, τεθνεώτων E.Supp.272 (hex.): disyll. forms are written in later Gr., nom. τεθνώς BCH18.438 (Argilus); gen. sg. τεθνῶτος SIG799.13 (Cyzicus, i A.D.); dat. sg. τεθνῶτι Papers of the Amer. School 3.334 (Pisid.); fem. τεθνώσῃ (and gen. pl. τεθνήτων) Ath.Mitt. 50.134(Macedonia); acc. pl. fem. τεθνώσας Babr.45.9]: from τέθνηκα arose fut. τεθνήξω Ar.Ach.325, A.Ag.1279 (censured as archaic by Luc.Sol.7), later τεθνήξομαι Diogenian.Epicur.1.28, 3.52, Luc.Pisc. 10, Ael.NA2.46; part. τεθνηξόμενος Lib.Ep.438.7.—The simple Verb is regularly used in early Prose in pf. and plpf.; for pres., fut., and aor. the compd. ἀποθνῄσκω is substituted: θνῄσκει v.l. in Hp. Mul.1.9, σάρκες θνῄσκουσι Art.69, ἔθνῃσκον Th.2.47, al., θνῃσκόντων ib.53, θνῄσκοι Pl.Phd.72d, θνῄσκομεν Epicur.Ep.1p.20U.: aor. part. θανών, subj. θάνῃ, IG12(5).593.2,20,23 (Iulis, v B.C.), Berl.Sitzb. 1927.166 (Cyrene), Phld.Herc.1649.4: aor. inf. θανεῖν ib.1418.13
in pres. and impf., die, as well of natural as of violent death; in aor. and pf., to be dead (cf. τί τοὺς θανὅντας οὐκ ἐᾷς τεθνηκέναι; Eup.12.3 D.; τέθνηκ᾽ ἔγωγε πρὶν θανεῖν κακῶν ὕπο E.Hec.431), θανεῖν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν Il.7.52, etc.; ζωὸς ἠὲ θανών alive or dead, Od.4.553, cf. 15.350; ἦ ἤδη τέθνηκε 4.834; ὡς ἄμεινον εἴη τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ ζώειν Hdt.1.31, cf. 7.46; τεθνάναι κρεῖττον ἤ . . D.9.65, cf. 10.25; ἄξιος τεθνάναι Ar.Ra. 1012, etc.; τεθνάτω let him be put to death, IG12.10.29; ἄτιμος τεθ. Lex ap.D.9.44: freq. in part., νέκυος πέρι τεθνηῶτος Il.18.173; νεκρὸν . . τεθνηῶτα a dead corpse, Od.12.10; οἱ τεθνηκότες, οἱ θανόντες, the dead, E.Hec.278, Eup. l.c., etc.; οὔτε τεθνεῶτα οὔτε ζῶντα Hdt.4.14; οἴχεται θανών (v. οἴχομαι); θανὼν φροῦδος (v. φροῦδος); θανόντι συνθανεῖν S.Tr.798,Fr.953, cf. E.Supp.1007(lyr.); ὁ θανών, opp. ὁ κτανών, S. Ph.336: pres. with pf. sense, θνῄσκουσι γάρ, for τεθνήκασι, Id.OT 118, cf. E.Hec.695 (lyr.),Ba.1041 (lyr.), etc. used like a pass. Verb, χερσὶν ὑπ᾽ Αἴαντος θανέειν to fall by his hand, Il.15.289; θ. ὑπό τινος Pl.Ep.329c, Arist.HA625a16; ἔκ τινος Pi.P.4.72, S.OT1454; πρός τινος ib.292, E.Hec.773; θεοῖς τέθνηκε S.Aj.970: freq. c. dat. instrumenti, θ. χερί, δορί, Id.OC1388, A.Th.959(lyr.); φαρμάκοισι E. Fk.464; also ἐν βρόχῳ A.Ch.558; τεθνάναι τῷ δέει, τ. τῷ φόβῳ, c. acc., to be in mortal fear of, D.4.45, 19.81, cf. Arr.An.7.9.4; προοίμιον σκοτεινὸν καὶ τεθνηκὸς δειλίᾳ Aeschin.2.34; θ. ἐπί τινι to die leaving one as heir, Luc.DMort.7.1. metaph., of things, perish, θνᾴσκει σιγαθὲν καλὸν ἔργον Pi.Fr.121; ἐσλῶν ὑπὸ χαρμάτων πῆμα θνᾴσκει . . δαμασθέν Id.O.2.19; λόγοι θνῄσκοντες μάτην A.Ch.846; θ. πίστις S. OC611; τὸ τρύβλιον τέθνηκέ μοι Ar.Ra.986 (lyr.): in Prose, τέθνηκε τὸ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας μισεῖν D.19.289; τεθνηκός τι φθέγξασθαι D.C.40.54; τεθνηκὸς ὁρᾶν Callistr.Stat.14; τὸ τεθνηκὸς ὁ λίθος ὑπεδύετο ib.2.