The corpus record

καταπᾰλαίω

katapalaio

throw in wrestling

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Where it lives

Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

καταπᾰλαίω · katapalaiō — LSJ

throw in wrestling, overthrow

throw in wrestling, Εὐάθλους δέκα Ar. Ach. 710: metaph., overthrow, λόγοι -παλαίουσιν λόγους E. IA 1013; τὰ ῥηθέντα Pl. R. 362d; κ. πάθος λόγῳ S.E. M. 8.475:—Pass., καταπαλαισθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ Θανάτου Luc. Cont. 8.

In the wild

κατεπάλαισε · katepalaise Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 513)
καταπαλαίουσιν · katapalaiousin Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 633)
καταπαλαῖσαι · katapalaisai Plato, Republic 2.362 (DIORISIS sentence 940)
καταπαλαῖσαι · katapalaisai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 3

Where it came from

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