καταθνῄσκω
katathnesko
Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
καταθνῄσκω, Aeol. κατθναίσκω 62 (καταθνάσκ- codd.): fut. -θανοῦμαι: aor. κατέθᾰνον, Ep. κάτθᾰνον; late poet. aor. 1 κάθθανα MaiuriA. Nuova Silloge48: pf. -τέθνηκα (v. infr.):—poet. Verb, die away, be dying, τὸν δὲ καταθνῄσκων προσέφη Il. 22.355; κάτθανε καὶ Πάτροκλος died, 21.107: in pf., to be dead, κατατεθνήκασι, opp. ζώουσι, 15.664: freq. in pf. part., ἀνδρὸς . . κατατεθνηῶτος 7.89, 22.164; νέκυι κατατεθνηῶτι 16.565; νεκροὺς κατατεθνηῶτας 18.540, etc.: used by Trag. only in sync. fut. κατθανοῦμαι, Med. 1386, Alc. 150, etc.; and in inf. and part. of sync. aor. κατθανεῖν, κατθανών, Ag. 1290, 873, etc.: once in ind., κάτθανε ib.1553 (anap.). 2. metaph., perish, μέλι . . κάτθανε ἐν κηρῷ λυπεύμενον 3.34; κάτθανε δʼ ἁ μορφὰ σὺν Ἀδώνιδι 1.31.
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