Lexicon / G7152
ἐκτήκω
ektēkō
  • to waste away

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Glosses: to waste away

1. to melt out, destroy, by melting , (Euripides)

2. metaphorically to let melt away, let pine or waste away , (Euripides)

3. Pass. with perfect ἐκτέτηκα, aorist2 ἐξετάκην [ ᾶ], to melt, pine or waste away , (Euripides); τόδ᾽ μήποτ᾽ ἐκτακείη may it never melt from my remembrance, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)