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κατασπάω

κατασπάω, to draw, pull down

κατασπάω, fut. -άσω [ᾰ]: pf. -έσπᾰκα Ar. Eq. 718:—
  • draw, pull down, μολυβδὶς ὥστε δίκτυον κατέσπασεν S. Fr. 840; κατασπάσαι τινὰ τῶν τριχῶν drag one down by the hair, Ar. Lys. 725; τινὰ τοῦ σκέλους Antiph. 86.3; κ. τὰς πεντηκοντέρους haul them down to the sea, set them afloat, Hdt. 1.164, cf. 7.193; τὰ σημεῖα κατεσπάσθη (in token of defeat), Th. 1.63; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου X. An. 1.9.6; κατεσπακὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of one frowning, Alciphr. 3.3:—Pass., to be drawn down, τὰ κατασπώμενα . . κἀνασπώμενα, of the limbs of puppets, X. Mem. 3.10.7; κατεσπασμέναι ὀφρύες, of one frowning, Arist. HA 491b17; κατασπᾶσθαι ἐς ὕπνον, ἐς δάκρυα, Luc. DMar. 2.2, Anach. 23.
        • b gather fruit from, τὸν ἐλαιωνοπαράδεισον, prob. in PSI 1.33.26 (iii A.D.).
      • 2 Pass., to be displaced downwards, of a dislocated bone, Hp. Mochl. 4, 5; to be convulsed, suffer a spasm, Id. Epid. 3.17.βʹ (or perh. to be drawn, as in facial paralysis); fall into a trance, PMag.Lond. 121.549.
    • II draw down or forth, τὰ γυναικεῖα Hp. Epid. 6.8.32, cf. Arist. GA 750b35; γάλα Dsc. 3.58; draw off, τὸ τὴν νοῦσον παρέχον Hp. Loc.Hom. 30 (Pass.); χυμοὺς κ. [τὸ λουτρόν] App.Anth. 3.158.
    • III quaff, swallow down, Ar. Eq. 718, Ra. 576, Antiph. 204.13.
    • IV pull down, οἶκον, ἄλση, LXX 2 Ch. 24.7, 34.7; τὰ ὑψηλά ib. 31.1, cf. PTeb. 5.134 (ii B.C., Pass.); τὴν Σμύρναν Str. 14.1.37, cf. 16.2.30 (Pass.); κ. τὰς τάξεις break the ranks, Plb. 1.40.13: metaph., Phld. D. 1.17.
    • V lower, τὴν φωνήν Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.9.5.
    • VI precipitate, Zos.Alch. p.195 B. (Pass.).
    • VII v. κατασπεύδω.

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