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καταμάρπτω

katamarpto

catch, overtake

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

καταμάρπτω · katamarptō — LSJ

catch, catch, overtake

catch, ὥς κεν ἔμʼ ἔντοσθεν πόλιος καταμάρψῃ ἐόντα Il. 6.364; esp. catch, overtake one running away, ὅτε δὴ κατέμαρπτε διώκων 5.65, cf. 16.598, Pi. N. 3.35; κατὰ γαῖʼ αὐτόν τέ νιν καὶ . . ἵππους ἔμαρψεν Id. O. 6.14; ἐπεὶ κατὰ γῆρας ἔμαρψεν Od. 24.390; ἄλλον δʼ οὐ -έμαρψε δίκη Thgn. 207; κρέσσον ἔσφαλε τέχνα -μάρψαςʼ Pi. I. 4(3).35; κατὰ μητέρα πότμος ἔμαρψε IG 14.1389i17.

In the wild

καταμάρψῃ · katamarpsēi Works and Days 493–497
κατέμαρπτε · katemarpte Iliad 16.598
κατέμαρπτε · katemarpte Iliad 5.65
καταμάρψῃ · katamarpsēi Iliad 6.364

Where it came from

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