καταβῐάζω · katabiazō — LSJ
subdue by force, constrain
subdue by force, Anon.Hist.(FGrH 160) Fr. 1 i 2 (iii B. C.); τὴν ψυχήν Ph. 1.685:—more freq. in Med., constrain, καταβιάσασθαι παρὰ γνώμην τοὺς πολλούς Th. 4.123; τὴν πόλιν App. BC 2.28, cf. Eun. Hist. p.259 D.; χάρισι τὴν δόξαν Plu. E apud Delph. 2.385e; τὰ πράγματα πρὸς τὰς ὑποθέσεις ὁμολογεῖν μὴ πεφυκότα κ. ib. Profect. 75f.
2 contend, strive to show
contend, strive to show, ὢν εὐνοῦχος ἀνὴρ εἶναι κατεβιάζετο Eun. Hist. p.256 D.
II to be forced, chronic
Pass., to be forced, Plu. Thes. 11, Id. QConv. 2.639f; [νούσημα] ἤδη ὑπὸ χρόνου πολλοῦ καταβεβιασμένον, of a chronic disease, Hp. Morb. Sacr. 2.