poet. word, strike, τινα Od. 18.63; ξίφεσι 22.443; φασγάνῳ αὐχένα θείνας Il. 20.481; μάστιγι . . θείνων 17.430; [τόξοισι] ἔθεινε παρʼ οὔατα 21.491:—Pass., 1.588; θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι 6.135; ἄορι 10.484; θεινομένου . . πρὸς οὔδεϊ dashed to earth, Od. 9.459; later σκάπτῳ θενών τινα Pi. O. 7.28; ῥαιστῆρι A. Pr. 56, cf. 76; τινὰ διʼ ἀσπίδος E. Heracl. 738; ἰτέαν εἰς μέσην Id. Cyc. 7; τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτραν Ar. Av. 54; τῷ πρωκτῷ θενὼν τὴν κιγκλίδʼ Id. Eq. 640; ποσσὶ θ. σκέλος, of a wrestler, Theoc.
metaph., θείνει δʼ ὀνείδει μάντιν Id. Th. 382.
intr., of corpses, θ. ἐπʼ ἀκτᾶς Id. Pers. 966.
to the same Verb, but only with the meaning slay, belong the foll. forms formerly referred to a pres. *φένω, viz.: aor. 2 ἔπεφνον Il. 21.55, Pi. P. 10.46, B. 17.19, S. OT 1497; Ep. and Lyr. πέφνον Il. 13.363, B. 8.13; subj. πέφνῃς, ῃ, Od. 22.346, Il. 20.172; inf. πεφνέμεν 6.180; part. πεφνών 16.827 (parox. acc. to Aristarch., as if from a pres. πέφνω, which is found in late Ep., Opp. H. 2.133): from the short form φᾰ (for φṇ) come pf. Pass. 3 sg. πέφαται Il. 15.140, al.; 3 pl. πέφανται 5.531; in