κατα-κλείω

I shut in, enclose, shut oneself up, shut up, with oneself

c. acc. pers., shut in, enclose, e. g. a mummy in its case, Hdt. 2.86: freq. of blockading, τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐς τὴν νῆσον κ. Th. 1.109; κ. ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ἔρυμα X. Cyr. 4.1.18; κατακλείειν τοὺς γυμνῆτας εἴσω τῶν ὅπλων Id. An. 3.4.26; κ. εἰς πολιορκίαν, εἰς δυσχωρίας, D.H. 6.74, 11.26; κ. τινὰ ἐν φυλακῇ Ev.Luc. 3.20, cf. OGI 669.17 (Egypt, i A. D.): metaph., κ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς πολιτείαν, i.e. not to be a cosmopolite, X. Mem. 2.1.13:—Pass., ἐς τὸ τεῖχος κατακλῄεσθαι Th. 4.57; ναυσὶ κατεκλῄσθησαν Id. 1.117, cf.

2 shut up, compel, oblige

metaph., νόμῳ κ. shut up, i.e. compel, oblige, ἂν . . πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν νόμῳ κατακλείσητε ἐπὶ τῷ πολέμῳ μένειν D. 4.33, cf. And. 3.7, Antiph. 190.15.

3 being reduced, confine, confine

metaph., τῆς πόλεως εἰς κίνδυνον μέγιστον κατακεκλειμένης being reduced, D. 26.11; εἰς σπάνιν κατακλεισθῆναι D.S. 20.74: generally, confine, ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν πέρατι -κέκλειται τἀγαθόν Metrod. Herc. 831.8; πᾶσαι αἱ ἐπιχειρήσεις εἰς μίαν ἀπόδειξιν -κλείονται Phld. Rh. 2.283 S.; κατακλείειν τὸ πᾶν τῆς τέχνης εἰς . . confine the whole business of art to . . , Hld. 3.4.

II shut up, close

c. acc. rei, shut up, close, τὰς πυλίδας Hdt. 1.191; τὰ ἱρά Id. 2.124, cf. 128 (Pass.); τὸ ἐργαστήριον Id. 4.14; τὸν δίφρον X. Cyr. 6.4.10; εὑρὼν ἅπαντα κατακεκλῃμένα Ar. Pl. 206:—in Pass., of humours in the body, Hp. Loc.Hom. 27.

2 clamp down, make fast

clamp down, make fast, of stones in masonry, IG 7.3073.158 (Lebad.); also κ. [τὴν δεξιάν] Luc. Prom. 2.

3 close, conclude, give, complete, conclude

close a speech, conclude, D.L. 10.138; εἰς ἀπειλὴν κ. τὸν λόγον with a threat, D.H. 7.14, cf. A.D. Synt. 234.17; οὐ κ. διάνοιαν give no complete sense, Id. Adv. 119.6 (δ. shd. be supplied, Id. Synt. 179.13); conclude an argument or inference, Phld. Sign. 15, 33.