Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θανατάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θανατάω

Structure: θανατά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to desire to die

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θανάτω θανάτᾳς θανάτᾳ
Dual θανάτᾱτον θανάτᾱτον
Plural θανάτωμεν θανάτᾱτε θανάτωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular θανάτω θανάτῃς θανάτῃ
Dual θανάτητον θανάτητον
Plural θανάτωμεν θανάτητε θανάτωσιν*
OptativeSingular θανάτῳμι θανάτῳς θανάτῳ
Dual θανάτῳτον θανατῷτην
Plural θανάτῳμεν θανάτῳτε θανάτῳεν
ImperativeSingular θανᾶτᾱ θανατᾶτω
Dual θανάτᾱτον θανατᾶτων
Plural θανάτᾱτε θανατῶντων, θανατᾶτωσαν
Infinitive θανάτᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θανατων θανατωντος θανατωσα θανατωσης θανατων θανατωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θανάτωμαι θανάτᾳ θανάτᾱται
Dual θανάτᾱσθον θανάτᾱσθον
Plural θανατῶμεθα θανάτᾱσθε θανάτωνται
SubjunctiveSingular θανάτωμαι θανάτῃ θανάτηται
Dual θανάτησθον θανάτησθον
Plural θανατώμεθα θανάτησθε θανάτωνται
OptativeSingular θανατῷμην θανάτῳο θανάτῳτο
Dual θανάτῳσθον θανατῷσθην
Plural θανατῷμεθα θανάτῳσθε θανάτῳντο
ImperativeSingular θανάτω θανατᾶσθω
Dual θανάτᾱσθον θανατᾶσθων
Plural θανάτᾱσθε θανατᾶσθων, θανατᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive θανάτᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θανατωμενος θανατωμενου θανατωμενη θανατωμενης θανατωμενον θανατωμενου

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • μαίνεσθαι καὶ θανατᾶν δόξω τισὶν ὑμῶν γνώμην περὶ τούτων ἐλευθέραν ἀποφαινόμενοσ ἐνθυμουμένοισ, ἡλίκουσ ἔχει κινδύνουσ ὁ μετὰ παρρησίασ λόγοσ, καὶ τὰσ Μαρκίου συμφοράσ, ὃσ οὐ δι’ ἕτερόν τι νυνὶ τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἀγῶνα τρέχει, λογιζομένοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 48 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. to desire to die

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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