τεθνάκην

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.tʰná.kɛːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /teˈtʰna.ke̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /teˈθna.cin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /teˈθna.cin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /teˈθna.cin/

Verb

τεθνάκην • (tethnákēn) (Aeolic)

first-person singular perfect active optative of θναίσκω (thnaískō)
- 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Fragments 94.1:
  τεθνάκην δ᾿ ἀδόλως θέλω
  tethnákēn d’ adólōs thélō
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)