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καταντάω

καταντάω, come down to, arrive

καταντ-άω,
  • come down to, arrive, εἰς τὰ βασίλεια, ἐπὶ κοίτην, D.S. 4.52, 3.27, cf. PTeb. 59.3 (i B.C.), etc.: metaph., ἐπὶ τὴν φυσικὴν ὁδόν Vett.Val. 259.3, cf. 185.16, 251.30.
      • 2 in a speech or narrative, come to, arrive at a point, εἰς τὴν ἔκπτωσιν Plb. 4.1.8; ἐπί τινας λογισμούς Id. 10.37.3; κ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὅρκον D.S. 1.79, cf. J AJ 3.10.4, etc.; have recourse to, ἐπὶ [τὴν ἡδονήν] Epicur. Ep. 3 p.63 U.; ἐπὶ τὰ δάκρυα Phld. Lib. p.62 O.
      • 3 of persons, κ. εἰς ἑαυτούς attack, commence hostilities against each other, Plb. 30.11.3.
      • 4 of events, come upon, πᾶς δʼ ἀγὼν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ κατήντα Alex. 261.13; κ. εἴς τινα affect him, Phld. Ir. p.83 W.; of blood-guiltiness, fall, ἐπὶ κεφαλήν τινος LXX 2 Ki. 3.29.
        • b turn out, result, ποῦ καταντήσει πάλιν Plb. 6.4.12; τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. εἰς ὑπόνοιαν D.S. 1.37; εἰς τὸ μηδέν Plb. 4.34.2; so of numbers, to be reduced, εἰς μόνους ἄνδρας δέκα BGU 903.14 (ii A.D.), etc.
      • 5 of an inheritance, κ. εἴς τινα fall to oneʼs share, 1 Ep.Cor. 10.11, POxy. 75 (ii A.D.), etc.
    • II trans., make to come back, bring back, τινα Palaeph. 2; εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην LXX 2 Ma. 4.24 (so intr. in pf., return, εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν κατηντηκέναι βίον BGU 1101.5 (i B.C.)).

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