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κατανᾱλ-ίσκω

katanalisko

use up, spend, lavish

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Where it lives

Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 2 · 10.88/10k
Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Evagoras 1 · 2.18/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Deuteronomium 3 · 1.34/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατανᾱλ-ίσκω · katanal-iskō — LSJ

use up, spend, lavish, to be lavished

use up, spend, lavish, χρήματα X. Mem. 1.2.22; εἴς τι upon a thing, εἰς τὴν στρατείαν τάλαντα μύρια Isoc. 9.60; τὴν σχολὴν εἰς φιληκοΐαν Id. 1.18; τὰς δυνάμεις εἰς τὰ ἄλογα Pl. Prt. 321c; τέσσαρας μνᾶς εἰς ὀψοφαγίαν Ister ap. Ath. 8.345d; of space in a treatise, Phld. Herc. 1508.10; also κ. πολλὰ ἡδοναῖς D.S. 17.108; τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ βίου ἐν ὁμιλίᾳ Ael. VH 3.13:—Pass., with plpf. Act., to be lavished, Pl. Ti. l.c.; εἴς τι Id. Phd. l.c.; πάσας [τιμὰς] κατηναλῶσθαι ἄλλοις Plu. l.c.

2 consume, devour, eat

consume, τὴν τροφήν Arist. GA 763a13, Plu. Symp. 2.160b; devour fuel, of fire, Arist. Juv. 469b29; later, eat, [ἰχθύν] Agatharch. 109; [ῥοιᾶς κόκκον] Apollod. 1.5.3:—Pass., ἡ τροφὴ κ. εἰς τὴν αὔξησιν, εἰς τὸ σῶμα, Arist. GA 771a28, 725b31, cf. Hp. VM 11; ἐπιστήμη οὐ κ. ὑπὸ πόνων Andronic.Rhod.p. 578 M.

In the wild

καταναλίσκει · katanaliskei Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 37)
καταναλίσκον · katanaliskon Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 37)
καταναλίσκουσιν · katanaliskousin Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 240)
καταναλίσκειν · katanaliskein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8923)
κατανήλωνται · katanēlōntai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8881)
καταναλῶσαι · katanalōsai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 7939)

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