The corpus record

καταπολεμ-έω

katapolemeo

war down, exhaust by war, reduce, attempt to subdue

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Where it lives

Menexenus 3 · 6.24/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Hellenica 4 · 0.61/10k
History 5 · 0.33/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

καταπολεμ-έω · katapolem-eō — LSJ

war down, exhaust by war, reduce, attempt to subdue

war down, i.e. exhaust by war, reduce, τὴν Πελοπόννησον Th. 2.7, cf. 4.1, And. 3.15, X. HG 7.1.10: pres., attempt to subdue, ἐγκλήμασι Th. 4.86:—Pass., ἐλπίζοντες αὐτὴν [τὴν πόλιν] καταπεπολεμῆσθαι Id. 6.16, cf. Pl. Mx. 243c, 243d.

II make war against, carry on warfare

simply, make war against, τινα Phld. Piet. 54: abs., carry on warfare, τοῖς ὅλοις Plu. Caes. 26.

In the wild

καταπολεμηθῆναι · katapolemēthēnai Plato, Menexenus 243
καταπεπολεμῆσθαι · katapepolemēsthai Plato, Menexenus 243
κατεπολεμήθημεν · katepolemēthēmen Plato, Menexenus 245
καταπολεμεῖτε · katapolemeite Septuaginta, Josue (cod. Vat.) 10
καταπολεμήσοντες · katapolemēsontes Thucydides, History 2.7.3 (DIORISIS sentence 996)
καταπολεμεῖν · katapolemein Thucydides, History 4.1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2536)

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Where it came from

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