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κατακτείνω

katakteino

kill, slay

Appears 56 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κατακτείνω, Ep. fut. -κτενέω, in 3sg. -κτενεῖ Il. 23.412; -κτᾰνέω 6.409: aor. 1 κατέκτεινα Hom. (in all moods but ind.), SIG 58.7, al. (Miletus, v B. C.): aor. 2 κατέκτᾰνον Il. 6.204, etc., Ep. imper. κάκτανε ib.164: poet. aor. 2 κατέκτᾰν, ας, α, Il. 4.319, al., A. Eu. 460, Fr. 181, 221; Ep. inf. κακτάμεναι Hes. Sc. 453, κατακτάμεν Il. 15.557; part. κατακτάς ib.335, Od. 15.224, A. Th. 965 (lyr.), E. IT 715: pf. κατέκτονα A. Eu. 587:—Pass., fut. Med. in pass. sense κατακτανέεσθε Il. 14.481 codd. (-κτενέεσθε Cobet): aor. κατεκτάθην [ᾰ], 3pl. -θεν 5.558, etc.; part. Med. κατακτάμενος (in pass. sense) Od. 16.106; but κατθανεῖν is freq. used as Pass. to this Verb:—A. kill, slay, freq. in Ep. and Trag., Il.cc.; rare in Prose, Heraclit. 56, Hdt. 2.75, SIG l.c., X. Hier. 6.14, 7.12, etc.
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