The corpus record

κατάφημι

kataphemi

assent, promulgate

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Where it lives

De Interpretatione 8 · 12.86/10k
Against Androtion 1 · 1.83/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Metaphysics 3 · 0.38/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

κατάφημι · kataphēmi — LSJ

assent

assent, S. OT 506 (lyr., μεμφομένων is gen. abs.); opp. ἀπόφημι, in aor. 1 inf. -φῆσαι, Arist. Metaph. 1007b21; οἷον -φᾶσα ἢ ἀποφᾶσα [ἡ ψυχὴ] διώκει ἢ φεύγει Id. de An. 431a9:—Pass., aor. inf. -φᾰθῆναι Id. Int. 18b39.

II promulgate

promulgate, νόμοι οὓς κατέφησεν θεὸς Ἰουδαίοις f.l. in J. BJ 3.8.4 (v. κατηφέω).

In the wild

καταφάσεις · kataphaseis Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 372)
καταφῆσαι · kataphēsai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 127)
καταφάναι · kataphanai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 143)
καταφάσεις · kataphaseis Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 167)
καταφάσει · kataphasei Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 219)
καταφάσεις · kataphaseis Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 245)

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