The corpus record

καταμάω

katamao

scrape up, heap up

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Where it lives

Against Callicles 1 · 4.77/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

κατ-ᾰμάω · kat-amaō — LSJ

scrape up, heap up, heap upon

scrape up, heap up, τήν ῥα (sc. τὴν κόπρον) κυλινδόμενος καταμήσατο χερσὶν ἑῇσι Il. 24.165; τὸν χοῦν καταμήσονται (Mein. for κατακοιμήσονται) Pherecr. 121: c. gen., heap upon, καταμώμενοι τῆς κεφαλῆς κόνιν J. BJ 2.15.4, v.l. ib. 2.21.3.

II cuts, down, reaps, like corn, covers over

κατʼ αὖ νιν . . νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κοπίς (Jortin for κόνις) cuts it down, reaps it like corn, S. Ant. 601 (lyr.); if κόνις is retained, καταμᾷ must be rendered covers over.

In the wild

καταμάθητε · katamathēte Demosthenes, Against Callicles 2 (DIORISIS sentence 3)
καταμήσατο · katamēsato Iliad 24.165
καταμάθητε · katamathēte Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.41 (DIORISIS sentence 3283)
καταμαθήσῃ · katamathēsēi Xenophon, Economics 3.6 (DIORISIS sentence 146)

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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