κτείνω

κτείνω, [dialect] Ep. subj.

A

κτείνωμι Od.19.490

; [dialect] Aeol. [full] κτέννω Hdn.Gr.2.303 (and [tense] aor. 1 part.

κτένναις Alc.33.5

), but

κταίνω Id.140

acc. to Eust.1648.5 (leg. Ἀλκμᾶνι); [dialect] Ep. Iterat.

κτείνεσκε Il.24.393

: [tense] fut. κτενῶ, [dialect] Ep.

κτενέω Od.16.404

, -έεις Il.22.13, -έει ib.124, al. (

κτενεῖ 15.65

, 68), part. κτανέοντα only 18.309 (but in compos.

κατα-κτανέουσιν 6.409

): [tense] aor. 1

ἔκτεινα 19.296

, etc.: [tense] aor. 2

ἔκτᾰνον 2.701

, etc.: [tense] pf.not found un compounded: [tense] plpf.

ἀπ-εκτονήκειν Plu.Tim.16

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. κτανθήσομαι Sch.T Il.14.481: [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl. [tense] aor.

ἔκτᾰθεν Il.11.691

, Od.4.537,

κτάθεν Q.S.1.812

;

ἐκτάνθην AP14.32

, (ἀπ-) LXX 1 Ma.2.9, Ev.Marc.8.31, D.C.65.4: [tense] aor. 2 ἀπ-εκτάνην [ᾰ] Gal.14.284: [tense] pf. ἐκτάνθαι ἀπ-) Plb.7.7.4:—Hom.also uses non-thematic forms, [ per.] 3sg., 1 and [ per.] 3pl. [tense] aor.

ἔκτᾰ Od.11.410

, al. (κατ- Il.15.432),

ἔκτᾰμεν Od.12.375

,

ἔκτᾰν 19.276

, Il.10.526 (ἔκτα also in S.Tr.38, E.HF423 (lyr., with [pron. full] ᾱ)); [ per.] 1pl. subj.

κτέωμεν Od.22.216

; inf. κτάμεν (κατα-) Il.9.458, κτάμεναι [ᾰ] 5.301, al.; part. κτάς (κατα-) 22.323, also in Trag., A. Th. 965 (lyr.), E.IT715: [tense] aor. [voice] Med. in pass. sense, [ per.] 3sg.

ἀπ-έκτᾰτο Il.15.437

; inf. κτάσθαι ib.558 (prob. in pass. sense); part.

κτάμενος 22.75

, Hes.Op.541, Pi.Fr.203 codd., A.Pers.923 (lyr.), Cratin.95:—kill, slay, freq. in Poets, also in early [dialect] Att., Lex Draconis in IG12.115.20; but in Prose and Com. ἀποκτείνω prevailed; usu. of men, less freq. of slayingan animal, as Il.15.587, Od.12.375, 19.543, Ar.Av.1063 (lyr.); Οὖτίς με κτείνει δόλῳ seeks to kill me, Od.9.408, cf. S.OC993; ὁ κτανών the slayer, murderer, A.Eu.422;

οἱ κτανόντες Id.Ch.41

(lyr.), 144, etc.

2 put to death, Th.1.132, Arist.HA625a16, al.; esp. in legal language,

εἰ . . ἐν δίκῃ ἔκτεινεν ὁ κτείνας Pl.Euthphr.4b

, cf. Prt. 322d, Lg.871e, al., Lys.10.11.

3 of things, ὥστε καὶ κτείνειν so as to be fatal, of the plague, Th.2.51 (so in [voice] Pass., εὖτ' ἂν ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ κτεινέωνται when the disease is proceeding towards a fatal termination, Aret.SD1.5);

τὰ φύλλα [ἀποκύνου] . . κτείνει κύνας Dsc.4.80

.

4 put an end to,

θέρος [νοῦσον] κτείνει Aret.SD1.16

. ([voice] Pass. in Hom. and [dialect] Ion. Prose, Il.11.668, 14.60, Od.11.413, Hdt.4.3, etc.; but Trag. almost always used θνῄσκω or καταθνῄσκω as the [voice] Pass., Com. Poets and Prose writers ἀποθνῄσκω.) (Cf. Skt. k[snull ]atás 'wounded'.)