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καταλείβω

kataleibo

pour down, cause to waste away, drop down

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταλείβω · kataleibō — LSJ

pour down, cause to waste away, drop down, melt away

pour down: hence, cause to waste away, δέμας E. Andr. 131 (lyr.):—Pass., drop down, γλυκίων μέλιτος καταλειβομένοιο Il. 18.109; [ὕδωρ] ἐκ πέτρης καταλείβεται Hes. Th. 786; δάκρυά τʼ ἐκ δακρύων καταλείβεται E. Tr. 605 (lyr.); melt away (in tears), καταλειβομένης ἄλγεσι πολλοῖς Id. Supp. 1119 (anap.); also καταλείβεσθαί νιν καὶ καταρρεῖν ὥσπερ τοὺς κολοσσούς, in an imprecation, Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).21 (Cyrene).

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