LogeionPerseus analysis of θνῄσκοντας:
θνήσκω: pres part act masc acc pl
LSJ entry
(NB. This dictionary headword is a guess.)
θνῄσκω
θνῄσκω (with ι IG 2.2477.7, 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. EM 452.29,
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 AP 9.354 (
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; 3
pl. -ήκεσαν And. 1.52:
short forms of pf., 3
dual τέθνᾰτον X. An. 4.1.19, 1
pl. τέθνᾰμεν Pl. Grg. 493a, 3
pl. τεθνᾶσι Il. 22.52,
etc.; 3
pl. plpf. ἐτέθνᾰσαν Antipho 5.70,
And. 1.59,
X. HG 6.4.16;
imper. τέθνᾰθι Il. 22.365,
τεθνάτω 15.496,
IG 12.10,
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 BCH 18.438 (
Argilus);
gen. sg. τεθνῶτος SIG 799.13
(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. NA 2.46;
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,
IG 12(5).593.2,20,23
(Iulis, v B.C.),
Berl.Sitzb. 1927.166 (
Cyrene),
Phld. Herc. 1649.4:
aor. inf. θανεῖν ib.1418.13:—A. 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.;
τέθνηκʼ 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, IG 12.10.29;
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. 2. used like a pass. Verb, χερσὶν ὑπʼ Αἴαντος θανέειν to fall by his hand, Il. 15.289;
θ. ὑπό τινος Pl. Ep. 329c,
Arist. HA 625a16;
ἔκ τινος Pi. P. 4.72,
S. OT 1454;
πρός τινος ib.292,
E. Hec. 773;
θεοῖς τέθνηκε S. Aj. 970:
freq. c. dat. instrumenti, θ. χερί, δορί,
Id. OC 1388,
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.