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θείνω

theino

strike

Appears 65 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θείνω, Ep. inf. θεινέμεναι Od. 22.443: impf. ἔθεινον A. Pers. 418, etc.: fut. θενῶ Ar. Ach. 564: aor. 1 part. θείνας Il. 20.481 (ἔθεινε in 21.491 may be impf.); other moods from an aor. 2 ἔθενον (which does not occur in ind.); imper. θένε E. Rh. 676, Ar. Av. 54; subj. θένω E. Rh. 687 (troch.), Ar. Lys. 821 (lyr.), cj. in Theoc. 22.66; inf. θενεῖν E. Heracl. 271; part. θενών Id. Cyc. 7, Ar. Eq. 640,V. 1384,Av. 1613,Ra. 855 (these forms were freq. incorrectly written θένειν, θένων, as if from a pres. *θένω):—Pass., only in pres. and impf.:—A. poet. word, strike, τινα Od. 18.63; ξίφεσι 22.443; φασγάνῳ αὐχένα θείνας Il. 20.481; μάστιγι . . θείνων 17.430; [τόξοισι] ἔθεινε παρʼ οὔατα 21.491:—Pass., 1.588; θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι 6.135; ἄορι 10.484; θεινομένου . . πρὸς οὔδεϊ dashed to earth, Od. 9.459; later σκάπτῳ θενών τινα Pi. O. 7.28; ῥαιστῆρι A. Pr. 56, cf. 76; τινὰ διʼ ἀσπίδος E. Heracl. 738; ἰτέαν εἰς μέσην Id. Cyc. 7; τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτραν Ar. Av. 54; τῷ πρωκτῷ θενὼν τὴν κιγκλίδʼ Id. Eq. 640; ποσσὶ θ. σκέλος, of a wrestler, Theoc. 22.66: abs., θείνετε v.l. in E. Or. 1303 (lyr.); θεῖνʼ, ἀντέρειδε Id. Supp. 702; θένε, θένε Id. Rh. 676 (lyr.):—Pass., A. Pers. 303, Ch. 388 (lyr.). 2. metaph., θείνει δʼ ὀνείδει μάντιν Id. Th. 382. 3. intr., of corpses, θ. ἐπʼ ἀκτᾶς Id. Pers. 966. II. to the same Verb, but only with the meaning slay, belong the foll. forms formerly referred to a pres. *φένω, viz.: aor. 2 ἔπεφνον Il. 21.55, Pi. P. 10.46, B. 17.19, S. OT 1497; Ep. and Lyr. πέφνον Il. 13.363, B. 8.13; subj. πέφνῃς, ῃ, Od. 22.346, Il. 20.172; inf. πεφνέμεν 6.180; part. πεφνών 16.827 (parox. acc. to Aristarch., as if from a pres. πέφνω, which is found in late Ep., Opp. H. 2.133): from the short form φᾰ (for φṇ) come pf. Pass. 3sg. πέφαται Il. 15.140, al.; 3pl. πέφανται 5.531; inf. πεφάσθαι 13.447: fut. Pass. πεφήσεαι ib.829, Od. 22.217; ἢ πέφατʼ ἢ . . πεφήσεται Il. 15.140; later, part. πεφασμένος Lyc. 269, 1374, Opp. H. 5.122: Gramm. also give aor. 1 φάσαι Hsch. s.v. φάσγανον, Phot. s.v. προσφατος, Sch.Pi. N. 1.69: aor. 2 part. παφών Hsch.: aor. 2 Med. ἀπ-έφατο,= ἀπέθανεν, Id. Hence also φᾰτός slain, Id., found in compds. Ἀρεί-φατος, μυλή-φατος, ὀδυνή-φατος, πυρί-φατος. (I.-E. gṷhen- cf. Skt. hánti, pl. ghnánti, Hittite kuenzi, pl. kunanzi ‘strike’, ‘killʼ; gṷhon- in Gr. φόνος; gṷhn- in Skt. ghn-ánti, Gr. ἔ-πε-φν-ον (redupl.); gṷhṇ- in Skt. -hata-, Gr. -φατο-, πέφαται, etc.)
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