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καταφέρω

καταφέρω, καταφέρω, carry down (verb)

καταφέρω, fut. κατοίσω Plu. Per. 28, -οίσομαι Il. 22.425: aor. 1 κατήνεγκα LXX Ge. 37.2, inf. -ενεγκεῖν Plb. 1.62.9; Dor. κατέφειρα GDI 2317.8 (Delph.):—
  • bring down, once in Hom., οὗ μʼ ἄχος ὀξὺ κατοίσεται Ἄϊδος εἴσω will bring me down to the grave, Il. l.c.; βαρυπεσῆ καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν A. Eu. 370 (lyr.); of rivers, κ. χρυσίον, γῆν, Arist. Mir. 833b17, Pr. 935a16: Com., ὁ Κρᾶθις ἡμῖν κ. μάζας Metag. 6.1; esp. of cutting instruments, κ. τὴν σμινύην Ael. NA 11.32; τὴν δίκελλαν, τὴν σφῦραν, Luc. Tim. 7, Prom. 2: c. dat. obj., κ. τὸ ξίφος τῷ πολεμίῳ let it fall upon him, Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.236e: c. gen., τὴν ἅρπην τῆς ἰξύος Ach.Tat. 1.3; τῶν γνάθων τὸ ξυρόν Alciphr. 3.66: metaph., ψόγον τινός LXX Ge. 37.2: abs., hew downwards, deal a blow, Luc. DDeor. 13[8], Somn. 3; κ. πληγήν Id. Tim. 40, cf. D.S. 11.69 (but also κατήνεγκε πληγαῖς τὴν κεφαλήν PTeb. 138 (ii B.C.)).
        • b pull down, demolish, πύργους Plb. 4.64.11; ἥλους (warts) Philum. Ven. 10.4.
        • c pay down, discharge, Arist. Oec. 1348a2, Plb. 1.62.9, 33.13.6, GDI 1754 (Delph.), Plu. Per. 28.
        • d pass, evacuate, τὰ σπλάγχνα μετὰ τῶν σιτίων J. BJ 5.9.4.
        • e refer a thing, ἀπό τινος ἐφʼ ἕτερον, v.l. for μεταφέρειν, Lex ap. D. 21.94.
        • f carry down, in reckoning, etc., πλῆθος ἀμήχανον ἐτῶν Plu. Num. 18; τὸ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας εἰς τὰ ζῷα Plot. 1.4.1.
      • 2 Pass., to be brought down by a river, of gold dust, Hdt. 1.93; from an upper story, D. 47.63; to move downwards with violence, to be discharged, of humours, Hp. Epid. 6.8.18; to be couched, of a cataract, -ενεχθέντος τοῦ ὑποχύματος Gal. 7.89.
        • b descend, sink, Arist. HA 590b8; κ. ὁ ἥλιος, ἡ σελήνη, ἡ ἡμέρα, ib. 552b21, Plu. Nic. 21, Tim. 12; κ. ὁ λύχνος is near going out, Id. Caes. 69; κ. [ἡ ἄμπελος] is perishing, Thphr. HP 4.13.5; of dancers, κ. ἐπὶ γῆν Critias 36 D., cf. Democr. 228; of a sick person, κ. καθάπερ νεκρόν Gal. 7.591; but ἐπὶ πόδας, of a patient in bed, Id. 18(2).60.
        • c fall, flow down, of rain or rivers, Gp. 5.2.16, Hsch. s.v. Πεντέλεια.
        • d tumble down, αἱ οἰκίαι κ. ἐπί τινα . . Plu. Dio 44; ἀφʼ ὕψους -ενεχθεῖσα γυνή Sor. 2.84.
        • e to be weighed down, ἐν τοῖσιν ὕπνοισι v.l. in Hp. Epid. 4.45, cf. 5.50; κ. καὶ νυστάζειν Arist. Somn.Vig. 456b31; ἐς ὕπνον Luc. DMeretr. 2.4; ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ Act.Ap. 20.9, cf. Philostr. Gym. 54; ὑπὸ μέθης Ath. 11.461c: abs., drop asleep, opp. ἐγείρεσθαι, Arist. GA 779a9, Insomn. 462a10; to be semi-comatose, ἀγρυπνεῖν τε ἅμα καὶ -εσθαι Gal. 16.497.
    • II carry back, carry home, Ar. Ach. 955.
      • 2 of a storm, drive to land, ὁ χειμὼν κατήνεγκε τὰς ναῦς ἐς τὴν Πύλον Th. 4.3, cf. Plb. 3.24.11:— Pass., καταφέρεται χειμῶνι ἐς τὸ Ἀθηναίων στρατόπεδον Th. 1.137, cf. 3.69: generally, in Pass., to be landed, discharged, of cargoes, PFlor. 278ii 13 (iii A.D.), etc.
    • III Pass., metaph., to be brought to a point, ἐπὶ γνώμην, ἐλπίδα, etc., Plb. 30.19.13, 6.9.3, Plot. 2.6.1; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς διανοίας D.H. Lys. 17, cf. Phld. Mort. 29, al.: abs. (cf. καταφορά II.3), ib. 30:—also Act., have recourse, ἐπʼ οὐθὲν ψεῦδος Id. Rh. 1.159 S.
      • 2 tend, ἡ [σύνταξις] ἐπὶ τὸ προστακτικὸν φύσει κ. A.D. Synt. 232.8; τῶν ῥημάτων -φερομένων εἰς τὴν ἐπὶ τέλους βαρεῖαν ib. 134.25.
      • 3 enter the lists, like Lat. descendere in arenam, Lib. Or. 59.67.
    • IV bring against, τὴν διαβολὴν κ. τινός Arist. Rh.Al. 1437a19.
    • V intr. in Act., to be prone, inclined, κ. εἰς τὰς γυναῖκας POxy. 465.146.

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