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κατα-κλίνω

kataklino

lay down, having made, recline

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Where it lives

On Hunting 7 · 7.69/10k
Symposium 13 · 7.45/10k
Lysistrata 5 · 6.3/10k
Wasps 5 · 5.14/10k
Symposium 3 · 3.15/10k
Luke 5 · 2.59/10k
Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατα-κλίνω · kata-klinō — LSJ

lay down, having made, recline, put, to bed, cause, to take to his bed, strike with disease, lay, lie at table, lie down, lie, next, lie with, take to oneʼs bed, lie in bed

lay down, [δόρυ] κατακλίνας ἐπὶ γαίῃ Od. 10.165; κ. τοὺς Πέρσας ἐς λειμῶνα having made them recline (for dinner) in a meadow, Hdt. 1.126, cf. Pl. R. 363c, 420e, Ev.Luc. 9.14, Milet. 1(9).368; κ. παιδίον put it to bed, Ar. Lys. 19, cf. Plu. Lyc. 3; κ. τινὰ ἐν ἁρμαμάξῃ X. Cyr. 6.4.11; also, cause one to take to his bed, i.e. strike with disease, PMag.Par. 1.2075; of animals, X. Cyn. 9.3; κ. τινὰ εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ lay a sick person in the temple of Asclepios, Ar. Pl. 411, V. 123; ταύταν ὀβολῶ κ. (sens.

II cause to incline, bend downwards, lay prostrate, overthrow

cause to incline, bend downwards, ἕως ἂν κατακλίνῃ [ὁ ἐλέφας τοὺς φοίνικας] Arist. HA 610a23: metaph., lay prostrate, overthrow, τύραννον Thgn. 1181.

III slope

Pass., of ground, slope, ἤπειρόνδε A.R. 2.734.

2 set

of the sun, set, Poll. 4.157.

3 turn sideways

of crabs’ eyes, turn sideways, Arist. HA 529b28.

4 kneel

kneel, ὅταν κατακλιθῇ εἰς γόνατα [κάμηλος] ib. 499a17.

5 to be set under, made subject to

c. dat., to be set under, made subject to, ὅταν κατακλιθῇ τὸ θητικὸν τῷ προπολεμοῦντι Herm. in Phdr. p.157 A.

In the wild

κατακλινεὶς · kataklineis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 534)
κατακλινήσομαι · kataklinēsomai Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 88)
κατέκλινεν · kateklinen Aristophanes, Lysistrata 18 (DIORISIS sentence 13)
κατακλίνηθι · kataklinēthi Aristophanes, Lysistrata 906 (DIORISIS sentence 696)
κατεκλίνης · kateklinēs Aristophanes, Lysistrata 906 (DIORISIS sentence 700)
κατακλίνει · kataklinei Aristophanes, Lysistrata 909 (DIORISIS sentence 703)

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