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ἀποκτείνω

apokteino

kill, slay

Appears 108 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκτείνω (later -κτέννω (q. v.): -κταίνω 2 Ep.Cor. 3.6, etc.), fut. -κτενῶ, Ion. -κτενέω Hdt. 3.30: aor. 1 ἀπέκτεινα Il.: pf. ἀπέκτονα Isoc. 12.66, Pl. Ap. 38c, X. Ap. 29, D. 22.2; plpf. 3pl. -εκτόνεσαν Id. 19.148, Ion. 3sg. -εκτόνεε Hdt. 5.67; later ἀπεκτόνηκα Arist. SE 182b19, Parth. 24.2, Plu. Tim. 16; also ἀπέκταγκα Men. 344, Arist. Pol. 1324b16,18, LXX 1 Ki. 24.12, etc.; ἀπέκτᾰκα Plb. 11.18.10: aor. 2 -έκτᾰνον Il., poet. 1pl. ἀπέκταμεν Od. 23.121, inf. -κτάμεναι, -κτάμεν, Il. 20.165, 5.675:—Pass., late (ἀποθνῄσκω being used as the Pass. by correct writers), pres. in Palaeph. 7: aor. ἀπεκτάνθην D.C. 65.4, LXX 1 Ma. 2.9: aor. 2 inf. ἀποκτανῆναι Gal. 14.284: pf. inf. ἀπεκτάνθαι Plb. 7.7.4, LXX2 Ma. 4.36:—but aor. Med. in pass. sense ἀπέκτατο Il. 15.437, 17.472; part. ἀποκτάμενος 4.494, etc.; cf. ἀποκτείνυμι:— Α. stronger form of κτείνω, kill, slay, Ep., Ion., and the prevailing form in Att. (cf. ἀποθνῄσκω): once in A. Ag. 1250, never in S., freq. in E., Hec. 1244, al. 2. of judges, condemn to death, Antipho 5.92, Pl. Ap. 30d sq., etc.; also of the accuser, And. 4.37, X. HG 2.3.21, Th. 6.61; put to death, Hdt. 6.4: generally of the law, Pl. Prt. 325b. 3. metaph., τὸ σεμνὸν ὥς μʼ ἀ. τὸ σόν E. Hipp. 1064; σὺ μή μʼ ἀπόκτειν) Id. Or. 1027.
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