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καταπᾰτ-έω

katapateo

trample under foot

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταπᾰτ-έω · katapat-eō — LSJ

trample under foot, trample down, have, trampled down

trample under foot, Th. 7.84, etc.; ὑσὶ τὸ σπέρμα κ. trample down the seed (i.e. have it trampled down) by swine, Hdt. 2.14:—Pass., Id. 7.173, 223, Th. 5.72, D. 34.37; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἐν ταῖς πτέρναις -πεπατημένον φορεῖν Id. 7.45.

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metaph., κατὰ δʼ ὅρκια πιστὰ πάτησαν Il. 4.157; κ. τοὺς νόμους Pl. Lg. 714a; τὰ γράμματα Id. Grg. 484a; τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ Ep.Hebr. 10.29; ὅρκον Lib. Ep. 14.1.

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Where it came from

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