θάνατος

See also: Θάνατος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δάνος (dános) — Macedonian

Etymology

From the root of θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰá.na.tos/ → /ˈθa.na.tos/ → /ˈθa.na.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰá.na.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa.na.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/

Noun

θᾰ́νᾰτος • (thánatos) m (genitive θᾰνᾰ́του); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

1. death
2. corpse

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θᾰ́νᾰτος; τοῦ θᾰνᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θᾰ́νᾰτος ho thánatos	τὼ θᾰνᾰ́τω tṑ thanátō	οἱ θᾰ́νᾰτοι hoi thánatoi
Genitive	τοῦ θᾰνᾰ́του toû thanátou	τοῖν θᾰνᾰ́τοιν toîn thanátoin	τῶν θᾰνᾰ́των tôn thanátōn
Dative	τῷ θᾰνᾰ́τῳ tôi thanátōi	τοῖν θᾰνᾰ́τοιν toîn thanátoin	τοῖς θᾰνᾰ́τοις toîs thanátois
Accusative	τὸν θᾰ́νᾰτον tòn thánaton	τὼ θᾰνᾰ́τω tṑ thanátō	τοὺς θᾰνᾰ́τους toùs thanátous
Vocative	θᾰ́νᾰτε thánate	θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō	θᾰ́νᾰτοι thánatoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of θᾰ́νᾰτος; θᾰνᾰ́του (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	θᾰ́νᾰτος thánatos	θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō	θᾰ́νᾰτοι thánatoi
Genitive	θᾰνᾰ́του / θᾰνᾰτοῖο / θᾰνᾰ́τοιο / θᾰνᾰτόο / θᾰνᾰ́τοο thanátou / thanatoîo / thanátoio / thanatóo / thanátoo	θᾰνᾰ́τοιῐν thanátoiin	θᾰνᾰ́των thanátōn
Dative	θᾰνᾰ́τῳ thanátōi	θᾰνᾰ́τοιῐν thanátoiin	θᾰνᾰ́τοισῐ / θᾰνᾰ́τοισῐν / θᾰνᾰ́τοις thanátoisi(n) / thanátois
Accusative	θᾰ́νᾰτον thánaton	θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō	θᾰνᾰ́τους thanátous
Vocative	θᾰ́νᾰτε thánate	θᾰνᾰ́τω thanátō	θᾰ́νᾰτοι thánatoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios)
• ἀθανάσιος (athanásios)
• ἀθᾰ́νᾰτος (athánatos)
• ἀθανατόω (athanatóō)
• δυσθάνατος (dusthánatos)
• θανάσιμος (thanásimos)
• θανατάω (thanatáō)
• θανατήφορος (thanatḗphoros)
• θανατικός (thanatikós)
• θανατόεις (thanatóeis)
• θανατόω (thanatóō)
• θανάτωσις (thanátōsis)
• τᾰχῠθᾰ́νᾰτος (takhuthánatos)

 

Further reading

• “θάνατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θάνατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θάνατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θάνατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• θάνατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θάνατος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2288 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • death idem, page 198.
  • decease idem, page 199.
  • demise idem, page 209.
  • disappearance idem, page 227.
  • end idem, page 272.
  • execution idem, page 290.
  • fate idem, page 309.
  • martyrdom idem, page 515.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos). Compare Mariupol Greek тъа́натос (θánatos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
• Hyphenation: θά‧να‧τος

Noun

θάνατος • (thánatos) m (plural θάνατοι)

1. death

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θάνατος (thánatos)	θάνατοι (thánatoi)
genitive	θανάτου (thanátou)	θανάτων (thanáton)
accusative	θάνατο (thánato)	θανάτους (thanátous)
vocative	θάνατε (thánate)	θάνατοι (thánatoi)

Related terms

• αθανασία f (athanasía, “immortality”)
• αθανατίζω (athanatízo, “to immortalise”)
• αθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”)
• απαθανατίζω (apathanatízo, “to immortalise”)
• απαθανάτιση f (apathanátisi, “immortalisation”)
• απένθητος (apénthitos, “unmourned”)
• αποθανατίζω (apothanatízo, “to immortalise”)
• ευθανασία<g:f (efthanasía<g:f, “euthanasia”)
• θανατώνω (thanatóno, “to kill”)
• θνητός (thnitós, “mortal”)
• πενθέω (penthéo, “to mourn”)

 

Further reading

• θάνατος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language