θείνω

A. 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.:—poet. word, strike, τινα Od. 18.63; ξίφεσι 22.443; φασγάνῳ αὐχένα θείνας Il. 20.481; μάστιγι . . θείνων 17.430; [τόξοισι] ἔθεινε παρ’ 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 δῑ ἀσπίδος E. Heracl. 738; ἰτέαν εἰς μέσην Id. Cyc. 7; τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτ ραν Ar. Av. 54; τῷ πρωκτῷ θενὼν τὴν κιγκλίδ’ Id. Eq. 640; ποσσὶ θ. σκέλος, of a wrestler, Theoc. 22.66: abs., θείνετε v.l. in E. Or. 1303 (lyr.); θεῖν’, ἀντέρειδε Id. Supp. 702; θένε, θένε Id. Rh. 676 (lyr.):—Pass., A. Pers. 303, Ch. 388 (lyr.).

2. metaph., θείνει δ’ ὀνείδει μάντιν Id. Th. 382.

3. intr., of corpses, θ. ἐπ’ 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 φα (for φ ṇ) come pf. Pass. 3 sg. πέφαται Il. 15.140, al.; 3 pl. πέφανται 5.531; inf. πεφάσθαι 13.447: fut. Pass. πεφήσεαι ib.829, Od. 22.217; ἢ πέφατ’ 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 φατός slain, Id., found in compds. Ἀρεί‐φατος, μυλή‐φατος, ὀδυνή‐φατος, πυρί‐φατος. (I.-E. g[uglide]hen- cf. Skt. hánti, pl. ghnánti, Hittite kuenzi, pl. kunanzi 'strike', 'kill'; g[uglide]hon- in Gr. φόνος; g[uglide]hn- in Skt. ghn-ánti, Gr. ἔ‐πε‐φν‐ον (redupl.); g[uglide]hṇ- in Skt. -hata-, Gr. ‐φατο‐, πέφαται, etc.)