- καταφορά
- καταφορ-ά, ἡ, ([etym.] καταφέρω)A conveyance, of materials to the sea, IG22.1672.125.2 bringing down, esp. of a sword, downward stroke, Plb. 2.33.3, etc.; ἐκ καταφορᾶς cutting, opp. thrusting, Id.3.114.3; τραῦμα ἐκ κ. γεγενημένον a sword wound, Plu.Dio34.3 metaph., attack, tirade, Phld.Lib.p.48O. (pl.), cf. Hermog.Inv.4.5: c. gen., against . . , Anon.in Rh.53.9.4 payment, SIG230 C26, 252.70 (Delph., iv B.C.).II (from [voice] Pass.) downward motion, Epicur.Nat.15.26,27; descent, fall,
καταφοραὶ ὄμβρων Pl.Ax.370c
;χαλάζης J.AJ6.5.6
;αἱ κ. πέντε, ὑετοῦ, χιόνος, δρόσου, χαλάζης, πάχνης Theol.Ar.31
; sinking, κ. ἡλίου sunset, Thphr.Vent.12, Anon.Hist.(FGrH160) p.887 J.;ἡ ἰσημερινὴ κ. Plb.3.37.5
, etc.; setting of a zodiacal sign, Ptol.Tetr. 134: pl., Longus 2.24.2 Medic., κ. κοιλίης diarrhoea, Hp.Aph. (Sp.) 7.86, cf. Ath.2.53d (pl.).b lethargic attack, Hp.Epid.3.6, cf. Plu.Aem.37 (pl.);κ. πρὸς ὕπνον Gal.9.476
;κ. πόνους παρέχουσα PHerc. 1041.2
.3 in reasoning, deduction,τὴν κ. ἐκ τῶν φαινομένων μεθοδεύειν Hp.Praec.1
.4 sloping surface, IG22.463.66, 1668.51,7.4255.16 (Oropus, iv B.C.).
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