κτείνω

κτείνω, Ep. subj. κτείνωμι Od. 19.490; Aeol. κτέννω Hdn.Gr.2.303 (and aor. 1 part. κτένναις Alc. 33.5), but κταίνω Id. 140 acc. to Eust. 1648.5 (leg. Ἀλκμᾶνι); Ep. Iterat. κτείνεσκε Il. 24.393: fut. κτενῶ, Ep. κτενέω Od. 16.404, -έεις Il. 22.13, -έει ib.124, al. (κτενεῖ 15.65, 68), part. κτανέοντα only 18.309 (but in compos. κατα-κτανέουσιν 6.409): aor. 1 ἔκτεινα 19.296, etc.: aor. 2 ἔκτᾰνον 2.701, etc.: pf.not found uncompounded: plpf. ἀπ-εκτονήκειν Plu. Tim. 16:—Pass., fut. κτανθήσομαι Sch.T Il. 14.481: Ep. 3pl. aor. ἔκτᾰθεν Il. 11.691, Od. 4.537, κτάθεν Q.S. 1.812; ἐκτάνθην AP 14.32, (ἀπ-) LXX 1 Ma. 2.9, Ev.Marc. 8.31, D.C. 65.4: aor. 2 ἀπ-εκτάνην [ᾰ] Gal. 14.284: pf. ἐκτάνθαι ἀπ-) Plb. 7.7.4:—Hom.also uses non-thematic forms, 3sg., 1 and 3pl. aor. ἔκτᾰ Od. 11.410, al. (κατ- Il. 15.432), ἔκτᾰμεν Od. 12.375, ἔκτᾰν 19.276, Il. 10.526 (ἔκτα also in S. Tr. 38, E. HF 423 (lyr., with ᾱ)); 1pl. subj. κτέωμεν Od. 22.216; inf. κτάμεν (κατα-) Il. 9.458, κτάμεναι [ᾰ] 5.301, al.; part. κτάς (κατα-) 22.323, also in Trag., A. Th. 965 (lyr.), E. IT 715: aor. Med. in pass. sense, 3sg. ἀπ-έκτᾰτο Il. 15.437; inf. κτάσθαι ib.558 (prob. in pass. sense); part. κτάμενος 22.75, Hes. Op. 541, Pi. Fr. 203 codd., A. Pers. 923 (lyr.), Cratin. 95:—A. kill, slay, freq. in Poets, also in early Att., Lex Draconis in IG 12.115.20; but in Prose and Com. ἀποκτείνω prevailed; usu. of men, less freq. of slaying an animal, as Il. 15.587, Od. 12.375, 19.543, Ar. Av. 1063 (lyr.); Οὖτίς με κτείνει δόλῳ seeks to kill me, Od. 9.408, cf. S. OC 993; ὁ κτανών the slayer, murderer, A. Eu. 422; οἱ κτανόντες Id. Ch. 41 (lyr.), 144, etc. 2. put to death, Th. 1.132, Arist. HA 625a16, al.; esp. in legal language, εἰ . . ἐν δίκῃ ἔκτεινεν ὁ κτείνας Pl. Euthphr. 4b, cf. Prt. 322d, Lg. 871e, al., Lys. 10.11. 3. of things, ὥστε καὶ κτείνειν so as to be fatal, of the plague, Th. 2.51 (so in Pass., εὖτʼ ἂν ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ κτεινέωνται when the disease is proceeding towards a fatal termination, Aret. SD 1.5); τὰ φύλλα [ἀποκύνου] . . κτείνει κύνας Dsc. 4.80. 4. put an end to, θέρος [νοῦσον] κτείνει Aret. SD 1.16. (Pass. in Hom. and Ion. Prose, Il. 11.668, 14.60, Od. 11.413, Hdt. 4.3, etc.; but Trag. almost always used θνῄσκω or καταθνῄσκω as the Pass., Com. Poets and Prose writers ἀποθνῄσκω.) (Cf. Skt. kṣatás ‘wounded’.)