καταφορ-ά (kataphora)

Where it lives

Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k

What it meant

καταφορ-ά · kataphor-a — LSJ

conveyance

conveyance, of materials to the sea, IG 2(2).1672.125.

2 bringing down, downward stroke, cutting, thrusting, sword

bringing down, esp. of a sword, downward stroke, Plb. 2.33.3, etc.; ἐκ καταφορᾶς cutting, opp. thrusting, Id. 3.114.3; τραῦμα ἐκ κ. γεγενημένον a sword wound, Plu. Dio 34.

3 attack, tirade

metaph., attack, tirade, Phld. Lib. p.48O. (pl.), cf. Hermog. Inv. 4.5: c. gen., against . . , Anon. in Rh. 53.9.

4 payment

payment, SIG 230 C 26, 252.70 (Delph., iv B.C.).

II downward motion, descent, fall, sinking, sunset, setting

(from Pass.) downward motion, Epicur. Nat. 15.26, 27; descent, fall, καταφοραὶ ὄμβρων Pl. Ax. 370c; χαλάζης J. AJ 6.5.6; αἱ κ. πέντε, ὑετοῦ, χιόνος, δρόσου, χαλάζης, πάχνης Theol.Ar. 31; sinking, κ. ἡλίου sunset, Thphr. Vent. 12, Anon.Hist.(FGrH 160) p.887 J.; ἡ ἰσημερινὴ κ. Plb. 3.37.5, etc.; setting of a zodiacal sign, Ptol. Tetr. 134: pl., Longus 2.24.

2 diarrhoea

Medic., κ. κοιλίης diarrhoea, Hp. Aph. (Sp. ) 7.86, cf. Ath. 2.53d (pl.).

b lethargic attack

lethargic attack, Hp. Epid. 3.6, cf. Plu. Aem. 37 (pl.); κ. πρὸς ὕπνον Gal. 9.476; κ. πόνους παρέχουσα PHerc. 1041.2.

3 deduction

in reasoning, deduction, τὴν κ. ἐκ τῶν φαινομένων μεθοδεύειν Hp. Praec. 1.

4 sloping surface

sloping surface, IG 2(2).463.66, 1668.51,7.4255.16 (Oropus, iv B.C.).

In the wild

καταφορὰν · kataphoran Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 61)
καταφορᾷ · kataphorai Septuaginta, Psalmi Salomonis 16 Ὕμνος τῷ Σαλωμων· εἰς ἀντίληψιν ὁσίοις. (DIORISIS sentence 169)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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