ἀποκτείνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀποκτείνω
ἀποκτενῶ
ἀπέκτεινα
Structure:
ἀπο
(Prefix)
+
κτείν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: cf. a)pokti/nnumi
Sense
- I kill, slay
- I condemn, put to death (judicial)
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ πίσασ ἀποκτείναι ἄν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 23:2)
- τί κωλύει κἀμὲ λέγειν, τίσ δ’ ἂν ἀποκτείναι Χαρίδημον; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 79:2)
- εἰ δέ τισ ἑκουσίωσ ἀποκτείναι τὸν ἐλεύθερον ἢ τὸν δοῦλον, ἀποθνήσκειν τοῦτον οἱ νόμοι προσέταττον, ἅμα μὲν βουλόμενοι μὴ ταῖσ διαφοραῖσ τῆσ τύχησ, ἀλλὰ ταῖσ τῶν πράξεων ἐπιβολαῖσ εἴργεσθαι πάντασ ἀπὸ τῶν φαύλων, ἅμα δὲ διὰ τῆσ τῶν δούλων φροντίδοσ ἐθίζοντεσ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ πολὺ μᾶλλον εἰσ τοὺσ ἐλευθέρουσ μηδὲν ὅλωσ ἐξαμαρτάνειν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 77 6:1)
- Μεγαρέα δὲ γάμον τε ὑποσχέσθαι θυγατρὸσ καὶ ὡσ διάδοχον ἕξει τῆσ ἀρχῆσ, ὅστισ τὸν Κιθαιρώνιον λέοντα ἀποκτείναι· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 41 5:4)
- λέγεται γὰρ δὴ καὶ τόδε ἐσ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, ὡσ ἀποκτείναι μὲν τὸν ἀετὸν ὃσ ἐν τῷ Καυκάσῳ τὸν Προμηθέα ἐλύπει, ἐξέλοιτο δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν Προμηθέα ἐκ τῶν δεσμῶν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 11 9:1)
- μηδαμῶσ σὺ ποιήσεισ ὡσ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι δίκαιον μετὰ ἀσεβοῦσ, καὶ ἔσται ὁ δίκαιοσ ὡσ ὁ ἀσεβήσ. μηδαμῶσ. ὁ κρίνων πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, οὐ ποιήσεισ κρίσιν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:25)
- ἀπηγγέλη δὲ Ρεβέκκᾳ τὰ ρήματα Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆσ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου, καὶ πέμψασα ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ τὸν νεώτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἰδοὺ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφόσ σου ἀπειλεῖ σοι τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναί σε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:42)
- προεῖδον δὲ αὐτὸν μακρόθεν πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι αὐτὸν πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἐπονηρεύοντο τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:18)
- ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐν τῷ καταλύματι συνήντησεν αὐτῷ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 4:24)
- καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖσ. ἴδοι ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμᾶσ καὶ κρίναι, ὅτι ἐβδελύξατε τὴν ὀσμὴν ἡμῶν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, δοῦναι ρομφαίαν εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῦ, ἀποκτεῖναι ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:21)
Synonyms
-
I kill
- κατακόπτω (to kill, slay)
- καίνω (to kill, slay)
- ἐξεναρίζω (to kill, slay)
- κτείνω (to kill, slay)
- θείνω (I slay, kill)
- σφάζω (to slay, kill)
- ἐναίρω (to slay, to kill, slay)
- κατεναίρομαι (to kill, slay, murder)
- κατακτείνω (to kill, slay, murder)
- ἀπόλλυμι (, to destroy utterly, kill)
- φονεύω (to murder, kill, slay)
- ἀποκτίννυμι (to kill)
- δαμάζω (I kill)
- δάμνημι (I kill)
- δαμνάω (I kill)
- φένω (to slay)
- προσσφάζω (to slay at)
- καθαιρέω (to put down by force, destroy, to kill)
-
I condemn