κατακρᾰτ-έω (katakrateo)

Where it lives

Nahum 2 · 21.67/10k
Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
Machabaeorum I 15 · 8.61/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Jeremias 3 · 1.08/10k
Paralipomenon II 2 · 1.02/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατακρᾰτ-έω · katakrat-eō — LSJ

prevail over, to be overcome

prevail over, c. gen. pers., κατακρατεῖν ἀνδρὸς εἴωθεν γυνή Men. 646, cf. Thphr. CP 2.14.4; τῶν πολεμίων Plb. 16.30.5: metaph., of pleasure, κ. τοῦ οἴκου Stoic. 3.98; also c. acc., τους ἄλλους ἀρετῇ κ. D.C. 54.29; ὁ ἵππος πρεσβύτερος ἤδη ὢν οὐ κ. τὰς θηλείας PCair.Zen. 225.8 (iii B. C.):—Pass., to be overcome, ὑπὸ νόμου βελτίονος Zaleuc. ap. Stob. 4.2.19.

2 prevail, gain the mastery, gain the victory, predominate

abs., prevail, gain the mastery, gain the victory, κατὰ μοῖρʼ ἐκράτησεν A. Pers. 101 (lyr.), cf. Hdt. 7.168, Th. 6.55, Pl. Lg. 840e; ὁ Πηνειὸς τῷ οὐνόματι κατακρατέων ἀνωνύμους τοὺς ἄλλους [ποταμοὺς] εἶναι ποιέει Hdt. 7.129; of an opinion, D.C. 57.15; of planetary influence, predominate, Procl. Par.Ptol. 18, al.

II gain the mastery over, win, become master of, retain possession of, master

c. acc. rei, gain the mastery over, ἀμάχους ῥώμας, εὔνοιαν, Ph. 2.117, 438; win, στέφανον D.Chr. 9.13: c. gen. rei, τῆς προθέσεως become master of oneʼs purpose, Plb. 5.38.9; τοῦ γενέσθαι τι Id. 28.13.13; τῶν ὅλων Id. 3.81.10; retain possession of, τῆς πόλεως Id. 1.8.1; master, τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς διαλέκτου Id. 39.1.4, cf. Cleom. 1.10; ἰδιότητος Porph. Sent. 33.

2 digest, concoct

digest, concoct, τὰς τῶν σίτων τροφάς Pl. Lg. 789d, cf. Arist. Pr. 930b31:—Pass., τῇ εὐχυλίᾳ Sor. 1.53 (fort. -κραθῇ).

In the wild

κατακρατέων · katakrateōn Herodotus, Histories 7.129.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7774)
κατακρατήσαντα · katakratēsanta Herodotus, Histories 7.168.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8036)
κατεκράτησεν · katekratēsen Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.6.3 (DIORISIS sentence 264)
κατακρατεῖσθαι · katakrateisthai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.55.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1094)
κατακρατοῦντα · katakratounta Plato, Laws 789
κατακρατεῖν · katakratein Plato, Laws 840

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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