A.“-εῦμαι” Hdt.3.143, 7.134:—strengthd. for θνῄσκω, die, Hom. (v. infr.), Pi.O.1.27, and once in Trag. (E.Fr.578.6); in Com. and Prose the usual form of the pres.; “σεῦ ἀποτεθνηῶτος” Il.22.432; “ἀποθνῄσκων περὶ φασγάνῳ” Od.11.424; “βόες δ᾽ ἀποτέθνασαν ἤδη” 12.393; “ἐκ τῶν τρωμάτων” Hdt.2.63; “ὑπὸ λιμοῦ” Th.1.126: c. dat., βρόμῳ κεραυνοῦ Pi.l.c.; “νόσῳ” Th.8.84: c. acc. cogn., “θάνατον ἀ.” X.Mem.4.8.3, etc.; “εἰς ἕτερον ζῆν ἀ.” Pl.Ax. 365d; to be ready to die, of laughter, etc., Ar.Ach.15; “ἀ. τῷ δέει” Arist.MM1191a35.
ἀποθνήσκω , fut. -θα^νοῦμαι, Ion. -θανέομαι or