The corpus record

κατακρημν-ίζω

katakremnizo

throw down a precipice

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Hellenica 3 · 0.46/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατακρημν-ίζω · katakrēmn-izō — LSJ

throw down a precipice, having fallen over a precipice

throw down a precipice, ἑαυτούς Phld. Ir. p.56 W., cf. Plu. Mar. 45, Plu. Praec. 2.825b, Ev.Luc. 4.29: with a word added, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄκρου τοῦ κρημνοῦ LXX 2 Ch. 25.12:—Pass., D. 19.327, Plu. Sull. 1, etc.: pf. part., having fallen over a precipice, X. Cyr. 8.3.41.

2 throw headlong down

generally, throw headlong down, ἐκ τριηρέων X. HG 2.1.31; ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων Plb. 3.116.12; ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου D.S. 4.31:—Pass., X. Cyr. 1.4.7.

In the wild

κατακρημνίζεται · katakrēmnizetai Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.327 (DIORISIS sentence 1154)
κατακρημνίζουσιν · katakrēmnizousin Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6290)
κατακρημνίσαι · katakrēmnisai New Testament, Luke 4.28 (DIORISIS sentence 164)
κατακρημνίσαντα · katakrēmnisanta Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 12
κατεκρήμνισεν · katekrēmnisen Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 14
κατακρημνισθῆναι · katakrēmnisthēnai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 4

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