θανάτου

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 θανάτου

   tha-NA-tou

   of death
2. sentence🔊 εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀδικῶ καὶ ἄξιον θανάτου πέπραχά τι οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν εἰ δὲ οὐδέν ἐστιν ὧν οὗτοι κατηγοροῦσίν μου οὐδείς με δύναται αὐτοῖς χαρίσασθαι Καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι

   ei men oun a-di-KO kai A-ksi-on tha-NA-tou PE-pra-KHA ti ou pa-rai-TOU-mai to a-po-tha-NEIN ei de ou-DEN es-TIN hôn HOU-toi ka-tê-go-ROU-sin mou ou-DEIS me DY-na-tai au-TOIS kha-RI-sas-thai KAI-sa-ra e-pi-ka-LOU-mai

   if indeed then I do wrong and worthy of death I have done anything not I refuse the to die if but nothing is of which these accuse me no one me is able to them to grant Caesar I appeal

Exegesis

The core of the first condition combines the main verb adikō {ἀδικῶ | adikô} ‘I do wrong’ with the coordinated clause introduced by kai {καὶ | kaí} and the expression axion thanatou pepracha ti {ἄξιον θανάτου πέπραχά τι | áxion thanátou pépracha ti}. Here the adjective axion governs the genitive thanatou in a genitive of value, while ti functions as an indefinite object of pepracha, yielding the sense “have done anything worthy of death.”