καταφέρω

καταφέρω, [tense] fut.

A

κατοίσω Plu.Per.28

, -οίσομαι Il.22.425: [tense] aor. 1

κατήνεγκα LXX Ge.37.2

, inf. -

ενεγκεῖν Plb.1.62.9

; [dialect] Dor.

κατέφειρα GDI 2317.8

(Delph.):—bring down, once in Hom., οὗ μ' 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.NA11.32

; τὴν δίκελλαν, τὴν σφῦραν, Luc. Tim.7, Prom.2: c. dat. obj., κ. τὸ ξίφος τῷ πολεμίῳ let it fall upon him, Plu.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. 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, GDI1754 (Delph.), Plu.Per.28.

d pass, evacuate,

τὰ σπλάγχνα μετὰ τῶν σιτίων J.BJ5.9.4

.

e refer a thing, ἀπό τινος ἐφ' ἕτερον, v.l. for μεταφέρειν, Lexap.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 [voice] 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.HA590b8; 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.HP4.13.5; 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;

ἀφ' 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. GA779a9, 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:— [voice] Pass.,

καταφέρεται χειμῶνι ἐς τὸ Ἀθηναίων στρατόπεδον Th.1.137

, cf. 3.69: generally, in [voice] Pass., to be landed, discharged, of cargoes, PFlor. 278ii 13 (iii A.D.), etc.

III [voice] 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 11.3

), ib.30:—also [voice] Act., have recourse,

ἐπ' 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 [voice] Act., to be prone, inclined,

κ. εἰς τὰς γυναῖκας POxy.465.146

.