κατθανεῖν (katthanein)

κατθανεῖν is an Ancient Greek form of καταθνήσκω, meaning “die”. It is the aorist active infinitive.

Found 59 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 9.11.73: τίς δʼ οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν νομίζεται βροτοῖς; ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλέα· οὕτως οὔτʼ ἐπιδερκτὰ τάδʼ ἀνδράσιν οὔτʼ ἐπακουστ …

All forms of καταθνήσκω (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.