θάνατος
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See also: Θάνατος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δάνος (dános) — Macedonian
Etymology
From the root of θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰá.na.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰa.na.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
Noun
θᾰ́νᾰτος • (thánatos) m (genitive θᾰνᾰ́του); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θᾰ́νᾰτος ho thánatos |
τὼ θᾰνᾰ́τω tṑ thanátō |
οἱ θᾰ́νᾰτοι hoi thánatoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θᾰνᾰ́του toû thanátou |
τοῖν θᾰνᾰ́τοιν toîn thanátoin |
τῶν θᾰνᾰ́των tôn thanátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θᾰνᾰ́τῳ tôi thanátōi |
τοῖν θᾰνᾰ́τοιν toîn thanátoin |
τοῖς θᾰνᾰ́τοις toîs thanátois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θᾰ́νᾰτον tòn thánaton |
τὼ θᾰνᾰ́τω tṑ thanátō |
τοὺς θᾰνᾰ́τους toùs thanátous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θᾰ́νᾰτε thánate |
θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō |
θᾰ́νᾰτοι thánatoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | θᾰ́νᾰτος thánatos |
θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō |
θᾰ́νᾰτοι thánatoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | θᾰνᾰ́του / θᾰνᾰτοῖο / θᾰνᾰ́τοιο / θᾰνᾰτόο / θᾰνᾰ́τοο thanátou / thanatoîo / thanátoio / thanatóo / thanátoo |
θᾰνᾰ́τοιῐν thanátoiin |
θᾰνᾰ́των thanátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | θᾰνᾰ́τῳ thanátōi |
θᾰνᾰ́τοιῐν thanátoiin |
θᾰνᾰ́τοισῐ / θᾰνᾰ́τοισῐν / θᾰνᾰ́τοις thanátoisi(n) / thanátois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | θᾰ́νᾰτον thánaton |
θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō |
θᾰνᾰ́τους thanátous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θᾰ́νᾰτε thánate |
θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō |
θᾰ́νᾰτοι thánatoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios)
- ἀθανάσιος (athanásios)
- ἀθᾰ́νᾰτος (athánatos)
- ἀθανατόω (athanatóō)
- δυσθάνατος (dusthánatos)
- θανάσιμος (thanásimos)
- θανατάω (thanatáō)
- θανατήφορος (thanatḗphoros)
- θανατικός (thanatikós)
- θανατόεις (thanatóeis)
- θανατόω (thanatóō)
- θανάτωσις (thanátōsis)
- τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτος (takhuthánatos)
Further reading
- “θάνατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θάνατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θάνατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θάνατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- θάνατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θάνατος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2288 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos). Compare Mariupol Greek тъа́натос (θánatos).
Pronunciation
Noun
θάνατος • (thánatos) m (plural θάνατοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | θάνατος (thánatos) | θάνατοι (thánatoi) |
| genitive | θανάτου (thanátou) | θανάτων (thanáton) |
| accusative | θάνατο (thánato) | θανάτους (thanátous) |
| vocative | θάνατε (thánate) | θάνατοι (thánatoi) |
Related terms
- αθανασία f (athanasía, “immortality”)
- αθανατίζω (athanatízo, “to immortalise”)
- αθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”)
- απαθανατίζω (apathanatízo, “to immortalise”)
- απαθανάτιση f (apathanátisi, “immortalisation”)
- απένθητος (apénthitos, “unmourned”)
- αποθανατίζω (apothanatízo, “to immortalise”)
- ευθανασία<g:f (efthanasía<g:f, “euthanasia”)
- θανατώνω (thanatóno, “to kill”)
- θνητός (thnitós, “mortal”)
- πενθέω (penthéo, “to mourn”)
Further reading
- θάνατος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language