καταστρέφω

καταστρέφω, [tense] pf. κατέστραφα (trans.) Plb.23.11.2:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. -

A

στρᾰφήσομαι D.C.42.42

: [tense] pf. imper.

κατεστρέφθω Epicur.

(v. infr.): [tense] plpf. [ per.] 3sg. -έστραπτο Hdn. (v. infr.); [ per.] 3pl. -εστράφατο D.C.39.5:— turn down, trample on,

ποσσί h.Ap.73

; turn the soil, X.Oec.17.10; κάνθαρον κ. turn it upside down, so as to drain it, Alex.115, cf. Sotad. Com.1.33, LXX 4 Ki.21.13;

κατεστραμμένῳ τῷ ὀστράκῳ Arist.HA 622b8

.

II upset, overturn,

τὴν πόλιν κ. Ar.Eq.274

;

τὰς εἰκόνας D.L.5.82

; ruin, undo,

βίον καὶ τέκνα καὶ πόλεις Plb.23.11.2

; τινα AP 11.163 (Lucill.):—[voice] Pass.,

τὰ προάστεια κατέστραπτο Hdn.8.4.8

.

2 [voice] Med., subject to oneself, subdue,

πολέμῳ Hdt.1.64

, cf. 71, al., Th.3.13, D.18.244, etc.;

νόσον E.Hipp.477

; τοὺς μὲν κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν subdued and made them tributary, Hdt.1.6: c. inf.,

Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι Id.7.51

.

3 [voice] Pass., in [tense] aor. and [tense] pf., to be subdued, Id.1.130,68: [tense] plpf., Th.5.29: c.inf., ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι am constrained to hear, A.Ag.956: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. also in sense of [voice] Med., Hdt.1.171;

πάντα κατέστραπται καὶ ἔχει D.4.6

, cf. X.HG5.2.38, Isoc.5.21.

III of a floating solid, right itself, Archim. Fluit. 2.9 ([voice] Pass.).

b intr., return,

εἰς ταὐτόν Arist.Pr.921a26

, cf. Mech. 856b17.

IV turn round, direct, [καταπάλτην] train it on the enemy, Ph.Bel.82.14; esp. towards an end, ποῖ καταστρέφεις λόγων τελευτήν; A.Pers.787;

οὕτω κατέστρεψεν ἡ τύχη ταῦτα, ὥστ' ἐναντία γενέσθαι τοῖς προσδοκωμένοις Din.1.32

; κατέστρεψεν εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν τοὺς λόγους guided the conversations to a friendly end, Aeschin.2.39: hence, bring to an end, κ. τὴν βίβλον, τὸν λόγον, Plb.3.118.10, 22.9.4 ([voice] Pass.,

ταῦτα μὲν αὐτοῦ κατεστρέφθω Epicur.Nat.14.6

); esp. κ. τὸν βίον Cebes 10, Ael.NA13.21, Plu.Thes.19,etc.;

ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Id.Comp.Sol.Publ.1

: abs., come to an end, close, Plb.4.2.1;

τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ -στρέφοντος Plu.Caes.51

; esp. end life, die, Epicur.Ep.3p.61U., Plu.Them.31, Arr.An.7.3.1, Hdn.5.8.10; κ. εἰς ἀπώλειαν end in . . , Alciphr.3.70;

τοὺς λόγους ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα -στρέφειν οἰόμενος Plu. Phil.4

; ἡ ἡμέρα κ. εἰς ὥραν δεκάτην inclines towards . . , Id.Sull. 29.

2 Rhet., metaph., λέξις κατεστραμμένη periodic style, opp. εἰρομένη, Arist.Rh.1409a26, cf. Demetr.Eloc.12,21.

V screw or stretch tight,

αἱ κατεστραμμέναι χορδαί Arist.Aud.803a28

.