θάνατος
Alt. θάνα^τος, ὁ,
Etym. θνήσκω
I. "death", Hom., etc.; θ. τινος "the death threatened" by him, Od.; θάνατόνδε "to death", Il., etc.
2. in attic, θάνατον καταγιγνώσκειν τινός to pass "sentence of death" on one, Thuc.; θανάτου κρίνεσθαι to be tried "for one's life", id=Thuc.:—ellipt., τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ κεκοσμημένος (sc. στολήν) Hdt.; δῆσαί τινα τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτου (sc. δέσιν) id=Hdt.; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου for any penalty short of "death", Thuc.
3. pl. θάνατοι, "kinds of death", Od.; or "the deaths" of several persons or even of one person, Trag.
II. as prop. n., Θάνατος "Death", twin-brother of Sleep, Il.
III. = νεκρός, Anth.