to kill, slay , (Homer), etc.; of animals, to slaughter , (Homer); Οὖτις με κτείνει δόλωι seeks to kill me (the force of the present tense), (Odyssey by Homer); ὁ κτανών the slayer, murderer , (Aeschulus Tragicus); οἱ κτανόντες (Aeschulus Tragicus):—; to put to death by law, (Thucydides)—;In attic θνήσκω or ἀποθνήσκω is used for the Pass. (ML)
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kteinō · to slay · Greek
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