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καταπισσόω

katapissoo

cover with pitch

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Where it lives

Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

καταπισσόω · katapissoō — LSJ

cover with pitch, paint black

cover with pitch, as was done to winejars, etc., Cratin. 189 (Pass.), Ar. Ec. 1109, Gal. 17(2).164: metaph., paint black, opp. καταχρυσόω (in v. 826), κατεπίττου πᾶς ἀνὴρ Εὐριπίδην Ar. Ec. 829.

II tar and burn

tar and burn (as a punishment), Heraclid. Pont. ap. Ath. 12.524a:—Pass., Pl. Grg. 473c.

In the wild

καταπιττώσαντες · katapittōsantes Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 2.1105 (DIORISIS sentence 923)
κατεπίττου · katepittou Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 680)
καταπιττωθῇ · katapittōthēi Plato, Gorgias 473

Where it came from

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