θεῖν (thein)

θεῖν is an Ancient Greek form of τίθημι, meaning “to put, place, set; make”.

It can also be a form of θέω, “run”. It is the present active infinitive.

It can also be a form of θείνω, “strike, hit”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 39 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.100.1: … τι ἀμελῶς φυλάσσοντας, τριακοσίους μὲν σφῶν αὐτῶν λογάδας καὶ τῶν ψιλῶν τινὰς ἐκλεκτοὺς ὡπλισμένους προύταξαν θεῖν δρόμῳ ἐξαπιναίως πρὸς τὸ ὑποτείχισμα, ἡ δ’ ἄλλη στρατιὰ δίχα, ἡ μὲν μετὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου στρατηγοῦ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, …

Euripides, Suppliants 702: Θεῖνʼ· ἀντέρειδε τοῖς Ἐρεχθείδαις δόρυ.

All forms of τίθημι (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.