[*] 146. Direct reflexive middle. The interest may be that of the direct object. This is limited chiefly to natural or habitual actions. The only middle for self-murder is “ἀπάγξασθαι”, to hang oneself, which seems to have been the most natural form of suicide. “ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐλούσατο”, PLATO , Phaedo, 116 B; After he had bathed himself (taken his bath). DEM. [50]DEM., 35: “λοῦσθαι ἐν βαλανείῳ”. PLATO , Phaedo, 116 B (see above). XEN. Cyr. 3.1.25: “οἱ μὲν ῥιπτοῦντες ἑαυτούς, οἱ δ᾽ ἀπαγχόμενοι, οἱ δ᾽ ἀποσφαττόμενοι”. THUC.3.81.3: “ἐκ τῶν δένδρων τινὲς ἀπήγχοντο”. HDT.2.40: “τύπτονται πάντες”, All beat their breasts (natural expression of grief). 2.131: “ἡ παῖς ἀπήγξατο”, The maid hanged herself. AR. Ach. 17: “ἐξ ὅτου ᾿γὼ ῥύπτομαι”, I scour myself. Av. 1163: “ἀπονίψομαι” , I'll wash myself, i. e. my hands. Thesm. 230: “ποῖ στρέφει”; fr. 2.1100.9: “ἀλλ᾽ ἀρτίως κατέλιπον αὐτὴν σμωμένην” | “ἐν τῇ πυέλῳ”. PIND. O. 7.15: “ἄνδρα παρ᾽ Ἀλφειῷ στεφανωσάμενον”. Ibid. 80-1: “τῶν ἄνθεσι Διαγόρας” | “ἐστεφανώσατο δίς”. 12.17: “στεφανωσάμενος”. SAPPHO, fr. 62: “καττύπτεσθε κόραι”. AM.16: “κἠλειφόμην μύροισι καὶ θυώμασιν”. HOM. Od. 5.491: “ὣς Ὀδυσεὺς φύλλοισι καλύψατο”. Il. 10.576: “λοέσαντο”, They bathed themselves.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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