ἐκθνῄσκω
ἐκθνῄσκω, die away, to be like to die
- die away, to be like to die, γέλῳ (for γέλωτι) ἔκθανον were like to die with laughing, Od. 18.100; ὁρῶντες ἐξέθνῃσκον ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι Antiph. 190.7; ὑπὸ γέλωτος ἐ. Plu. Adul. 2.54c; ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους Luc. Icar. 23, etc.
- 2 to be in a death-like swoon, ἐξέθανε πεντάκις ὥστε τεθνάναι δοκέειν, Hp. Epid. 5.42, cf. Philem. 1.6 D.; ὁ ἐκτεθνεώς, opp. ὁ ὄντως τεθνηκώς, Pl. Lg. 959a; opp. ἀποθνῄσκειν, Arist. HA 521a11, cf. Pr. 962b4:—so in S. Tr. 568 (though Nessus was really dying) ἐκθνῄσκων may retain its usual sense, fainting away, at the point of death.
- 3 become mortified, τὸ φλεγμαῖνον ἐκτέθνηκεν Hp. VC 19.
- 4 c. acc., to be terrified of, τὰς νόσους ἐκτεθνήκασι Phld. Herc. 1251.18.
- II later, = ἀποθνῄσκω, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 27, Aret. SD 2.13, D.C. 48.37.
I morir
ἐκθνῄσκων δ' ὁ θὴρ τοσοῦτον εἶπε
en el momento de morir la bestia habló así
• más frec. fig. c. dat. o giro prep. causal
γέλῳ ἔκθανον
se murieron de risaὑπὸ γέλωτος ἐ.
ὁρῶντες ἐξέθνῃσκον ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι
ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους
ὑπ' αἰδοῦς
χλευάζοντες
II medic.
1 desfallecer, desvanecerse, desmayarse dif. de θνῄσκω:
ἐξέθανε πεντάκις ὡς τεθνάναι δοκεῖν
dif. de ἀποθνήσκω
προσποιεῖσθαί τε ἐκθνήσκειν καὶ νεκρῶν δίκην ἐκ τῶν θεάτρων ἐκφέρεσθαι
de algunos de los que tenían que asistir a las representaciones de Nerón
2 necrosarse
τὸ φλεγμαῖνον ἐκτέθνηκεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ (ἕλκους)
[ἐκ- 9.]
3 pl. aor. ἔκθανον.
To die: γέλῳ ἔκθανον Od. 4.100 (app. (nearly) killed themselves with laughter).
- 1to die away, γέλῳ (for γέλωτι) ἔκθανον were like to die with laughing, Od.
- 2to be in a death-like swoon, be at the point of death, Soph.