The corpus record

καταπέσσω

katapesso

digest, keep from rising, bear, meekly

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Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

καταπέσσω · katapessō — LSJ

digest

digest food, Diocl. Fr. 141:—esp. in Pass., Arist. GA 756b11; ἕως ἂν καταπεφθῇ [ἡ τροφή] Id. Somn.Vig. 457b19, cf. Hippiatr. 46.

2 digest, keep from rising, bear, meekly

metaph., digest, keep from rising, χόλον Il. 1.81; -πέψαι μέγαν ὄλβον, i.e. bear great fortune meekly, Pi. O. 1.55.

In the wild

καταπεφθῇ · katapephthēi Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 76)
καταπέψῃ · katapepsēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6225)
καταπέψῃ · katapepsēi Iliad 1.81

Where it came from

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