κατασείω

κατα-σείω, [tense] fut.

A

-σείσω Hp.Art.43

: [tense] pf.

-σέσεικα Philem.84

:—shake down, throw down,

οἰκοδομήματος ἐπὶ μέγα Th.2.76

; τεῖχος, τοῦ τείχους ἐπὶ μέγα, Arr.An.1.19.2, 2.23.1; σεισμὸς κ. τὴν πόλιν Ae|.VH6.7:—[voice] Pass., fall down, Ph.2.512; of a lion's mane,

αὐχένος ἐκ λασίοιο Χαίτη -εσείετο Pancrat.Oxy.1085.21

: metaph.,

κ. ἀκροατοῦ ὦτα Philostr.VS2.29

;

νόμους Procop.Arc.27.33

;

κατέσεισεν ἅπαντα καὶ κατεβρόντησε Eun. Hist.p.256

D.; ἕως κατέσεισε until he laid him on the floor (with drinking), Men.8, cf. Philem. l. c., Ath.10.431c.

2 impel, drive headlong,

νεανίσκον εἰς τὸν μανιώδη καὶ σφαλερὸν τῆς βασιλείας ἔρωτα Eun.Hist.p.235

D., cf. p.267 D.:—[voice] Pass., πρὸς τὸ λέγειν κ. ib. p.223 D.

3 in Surgery, treat by shaking, Hp.Art.42:—[voice] Pass., ib. 43.

4 κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα with a motion of the hand, Act.Ap. 19.33;

κ. ἱκετηρίας J.BJ2.21.8

; κ. τὰ ἱμάτια, by way of signal, Plu. Pomp.73: more freq. c. dat., κ. τῇ Χειρί beckon with the hand, Plb. 1.78.3, Hld.10.7;

κ. τῇ Χειρὶ σιγᾶν Act.Ap.12.17

;

κ. τῷ λύχνῳ ἅμα λέγων τὸν λόγον PMag.Lond.46.453

;

κ. ὀθόναις Hld.9.6

: abs., κ. τινί beckon to another, as a sign for him to be silent, X.Cyr.5.4.4;

κ. τισὶν ἐπεξιέναι J.AJ17.10.2

; but also, shake the head in token of contempt, Phld.Vit.p.37 J.