The corpus record

καταφθάνω

kataphthano

fall upon unawares

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Where it lives

Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k

What it meant

καταφθάνω · kataphthanō — LSJ

fall upon unawares

fall upon unawares, ἐπί τινα LXX Jd. 20.42.

II first, pay in advance

c. inf., κ. τεκεῖν bring forth a child first, BGU 665 ii 14 (i A.D.): also c. acc., pay in advance, κατέφθακα ἀρτάβας ιβ POxy. 1482.10 (ii A.D.).

In the wild

κατέφθασεν · katephthasen Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 20

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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