tēkomō

τήκω,
Refs 4th c.BC+, Doric dialect τάκω [ᾱ] Refs 5th c.BC+: future τήξω Refs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular ταξεῖς (κατα-) Refs 3rd c.BC+: aorist ἔτηξα Refs 8th c.BC+perfect τέτηκα, in intransitive sense, Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect τέτᾱκα Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐτετήκειν Refs 5th c.BC+ — middle, future τήξομαι (but in passive sense) Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐτηξάμην Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, future τᾰκήσομαι LXX+1st c.AD+aorist ἐτάκην [ᾰ] Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently in compounds ἐξ-, ἐν-, συν-; rarely ἐτήχθην, Refs 5th c.BC+, once in Trag., συντηχθείς Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect τέτηγμαι Refs 1st c.AD+; but in early Gr. the perfect and pluperfect passive are supplied by the intransitive active perfect and pluperfect τέτηκα, ἐτετήκειν (see. above).
I active, melt, melt down (transitive), of metals, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. πετραίαν χιόνα A.[same place]; bring clouds down in rain, Refs 5th c.BC+; dissolve, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 metaphorically, dissolve, cause to waste or pine away, μὴ θυμὸν τῆκε let it not melt or pine away, Refs 8th c.BC+; τίν᾽ αεὶ τάκεις ὧδ᾽ ἀκόρετον οἰμωγὰν τὸν Ἀγαμέμνον; (i.e. τί ὧδε τήκει οἰμώζουσα τὸν Ἀγ.;) Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. καὶ λείβει [τὸ θυμοειδέςRefs; διαφορεῖν καὶ τ. [σάρκα] carry off and reduce superfluous flesh, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II passive, with intransitive perfect active τέτηκα, melt, be dissolved, melt away, of snow, thaw, χιὼν τηκομένη Refs 8th c.BC+; of metals, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὥς Refs 8th c.BC+; also τετηκότα (i.e. κρέα) sodden flesh, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄλφιτα πυρὶ τ. is consumed, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τήκεται κοιλίη, merely, is relaxed, Refs 5th c.BC+“Aër.” 7; of putrefying flesh, fall away, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a corpse, κατθανὼν ἐτήκετο Refs 5th c.BC+; κηκὶς μηρίων ἐτήκετοRefs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τοῦτο τετηκυῖα resolved into.., NT+5th c.BC+; of fat, τακείσης πιμελῆς Refs 2nd c.AD+.140; of food in the digestive organs, τήκεται μὲν ἡ πρότερον ῥηθεῖσα [πτισάνη], ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρα δύστηκτός ἐστι Refs
II.2 metaphorically, melt or waste away, pine, κλαίουσα τέτηκα Refs 8th c.BC+; τήκετο καλὰ παρήϊα δάκρυ χεούσηςRefs 5th c.BC+; Ὀδυσσεὺς τήκετο was moved to tears, Refs 8th c.BC+; come to naught, δόξαι.. τακόμεναι κατὰ γᾶν μινύθουσιν Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐπί τινι τακείς consumed for love of.., Refs 3rd c.BC+; βλέμμα τηκόμενον a languishing look, Refs 1st c.AD+. (Cf. Latin τᾱβες, ORefs 5th c.BC+ pawian 'thaw', Slavonic tajati 'melt'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.