dieth

«dieth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: dies — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

dies

part of speech

verb, old form of «dies» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«dieth» means «dies», a form of «die»: To die means to stop living. tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he dieth» = «he dies».

examples

• He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death. (Torah EXO.21.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. (Torah EXO.22.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.22.8, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «die», a verb of EWT); corpora 9 (Torah 9, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.
• And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?
• For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD; wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
• The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
• For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dieth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.