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Ἀποκτιννύναι · to kill (α 3372) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α3368hard
α3369to repel
α3370I conceal, I hide away
α3371I kill
α3372to kill
α3373sleeping away, far from
α3374born
α3375having intercepted
α3376I kick out

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Ἀποκτιννύναι

to kill

Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Feb 2001Vetting: high10 revisions

comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics

3 notes · 46 words

Translation

[Meaning] to murder.
They say a)pokti/nnusi rather than a)poktinnu/ein.¹ Cratinus in Herdsmen [writes]: "and shadow-boxing with the sky, he kills with his threats."²
Also [sc. the correct perfect is] a)pekto/nasin ["they have killed"], not a)pekta/gkasi. "O father, they hate Thrason, but they have not killed him."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποκτιννύναι· φονεῦσαι. Ἀποκτίννυσι λέγουσι μᾶλλον ἢ ἀποκτιννύειν. Κρατῖνος Βουκόλοις. καὶ πρὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν σκιαμαχῶν ἀποκτίννυσι ταῖς ἀπειλαῖς. καὶ Ἀπεκτόνασιν, οὐκ ἀπεκτάγκασι. μισοῦσι μὲν, ὦ πάτερ, Θράσωνα· ἀπεκτάγκασι δ' οὔ.

Betacode

*)apoktinnu/nai: foneu=sai. *)apokti/nnusi le/gousi ma=llon h)\ a)poktinnu/ein. *krati=nos *bouko/lois. kai\ pro\s to\n ou)rano\n skiamaxw=n a)pokti/nnusi tai=s a)peilai=s. kai\ *)apekto/nasin, ou)k a)pekta/gkasi. misou=si me\n, w)= pa/ter, *qra/swna: a)pekta/gkasi d' ou)/.

Notes (3)

See also alpha 3371.
1Although an indicative is being preferred to an infinitive, the point must be that athematic forms of this verb are more Attic than thematic forms. Textual variants in the mss do not help to make the point clear. ↩
2Cratinus fr. 17 Kock, now 19 K.-A. The word used here is skiamaxw=n, "fighting with shadows", that is, sparring with an imaginary opponent (cf. sigma 598). ↩
3A line from Menander's Misoumenos; already at alpha 3000.

Linked from2 entries

α3000Ἀπεκτάγκασιthey have killed[a)pekta/gkasi] and [sc. also attested is] a)pekto/nasi. "They hate Thrason, o father, but they have not killed him".
α3371ἈποκτένωI kill[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I murder. Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] a)poktei=nai ["to kill"], [meaning] to murder. Also [sc. attested is] a)poktei/nh|s ["you would kill"], aorist subjunctive.…

Neighbouring entries

α3370ἈποκρύπτομαιI conceal, I hide away α3371ἈποκτένωI kill α3372Ἀποκτιννύναιto kill α3373Ἀπόκοιτοςsleeping away, far from α3374Ἀποκυηθένborn

Revision history10 revisions · last 16 Sep 2015

16 Sep 2015tweaked note — Catharine Roth
28 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
30 Dec 2014 — David Whitehead
23 Dec 2014 — David Whitehead
3 Apr 2012x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
24 Dec 2009tweaks, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
21 Aug 2002restorative and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Mar 2001added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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24 Feb 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀποκτιννύναι (Adler number alpha 3372), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 24 Feb 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3372

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗