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καταχράομαι

καταχράομαι, to make full use of, apply; to finish off, execute

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καταχρωμένους present middle participle masculine accusative plural of καταχράομαι

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καταχράομαι, Delph. καταχρέομαι SIG 672.32 (ii B.C.), al.: fut. -χρήσομαι Pl. Mx. 247b: pf. -κέχρημαι both in act. and pass. senses (v. infr.): aor. -εχρήσθην (v.infr. II.4):—
  • make full use of, apply, τινὶ εἰς . ., ἐπί . ., πρός τι, Pl. Lg. 700c, R. 520a, Cra. 426e; μάρτυσι κ. πρὸς τὸ . . Id. Phlb. 51a; κ. ἡ φύσις ἐν παρέργῳ τῇ . . ἀναπνοῇ πρὸς τὴν ὄσφρησιν Arist. Resp. 473a23, cf. Sens. 444a25; λόγους . . οἷσπερ νυνὶ κατακέχρηται (in act. sense) D. 35.44; ἐν καιρῷ [πράξεσι] κ. Isoc. 4.9; κενῇ προφάσει ταύτῃ κατεχρῶ D. 18.150: c. acc., τὴν . . ὑπερβολὴν ἐπὶ βοήθειαν κ. ἡ φύσις Arist. PA 663b33; σχολὴν ἐς ἀκρόασιν Luc. Prom. 4; τι εἴς τι IG 2(2).1672.307 (iv B.C.), cf. J. BJ 5.9.1: abs. in pf. part. in pass. sense, ἐξεύρημα . . Ἀθήνησιν . . κατακεχρημένον ἐν συμποσίοις ἰδίᾳ ʼστί is fashionable at private banquets there, Amphis 14.4.
    • II do what one likes with a person or thing, καταχρήσασθέ μοι, εἰ δοκῶ τοιοῦτος εἶναι Aeschin. 1.122.
      • 2 use up, consume, of money, etc., c. acc., Lys. 19.22 (bis); στέαρ PRev.Laws 50.14 (iii B.C.); τὰ κρέα ἐν τὰν δαμοθοινίαν SIG 671A 7 (Delph., ii B.C.); lay out, apply money, εἴς τι D. 49.4, IG 9(1).694.34 (Corc., ii B.C.), 12(1).155.86 (Rhodes); ἐνταῦθα on this, D. 47.50: pf. in act. sense, ὅσα κατακέχρημαι Ἀθήνησι D.L. 5.69:—Pass., to be spent, consumed, Isoc. 4.74; πλίνθου τῆς -χρησθείσης εἰς τοὺς τοίχους PPetr. 3 p.139 (iii B.C.).
      • 3 misuse, abuse, D. 19.277: c. dat., τῇ τῶν προγόνων δόξῃ μὴ -χρησόμενοι Pl. Mx. l.c.; κ. ὀνόματι use it in a wrong sense, misapply it, Arist. Cael. 270b24, Phld. Rh. 1.43 S., cf. Str. 5.1.2 (also abs., Phld. Rh. 1.59 S.; fall into an error, Olymp. in Mete. 279.11): c. acc., κ. τὴν σχολὴν εἰς τοῦτο Dionys.Com. 4; τοῦ ἀρχαίου τι κ. misappropriate, Test.Epict. 8.8.
      • 4 of persons, in bad sense, make away with, destroy, kill, c. acc., Hdt. 1.82, 117, 4.146, al., Plb. 1.85.1:—Pass., aor. -χρησθῆναι, ἐδέοντό μιν κ. requested that he might be put to death, Hdt. 9.120.
    • III pretend, allege, ὡς . . D. 43.39; ὅτι . . Id. 48.44.
  • B Act. καταχράω only Ion., used only in 3 sg., ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα the mane sufficed them for a crest, Hdt. 7.70; elsewh. impers., it suffices, οὐδέ οἱ καταχρήσει . . ὑμέων ἀπέχεσθαι nor will he be satisfied to keep his hands off you, Id. 4.118; ὥς οἱ καταχρᾷ εἰ βούλονται that it is sufficient for him, if . ., Id. 1.164; καταχρήσει it will suffice, Phoen. 2.21.

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