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καταπτήσσω

kataptesso

crouch, cower

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καταπτήσσω · kataptēssō — LSJ

crouch, cower

crouch, cower, esp. from fear, καταπτήτην ὑπʼ ὄχεσφι Il. 8.136; καταπτήξας ὑπὸ θάμνῳ 22.191; κατὰ δʼ ἔπτηξαν ποτὶ γαίῃ Od. 8.190; λιμῷ καταπεπτηυῖα Hes. Sc. 265: also in Prose, κατέπτηχε μέντοι ταῦτα πάντα νῦν D. l.c., cf. D.H. 7.50; ταπεινοὶ -πτήξετε πρὸς τὸ μέλλον Plu. Aem. 27; διὰ τὸ μέγεθος Id. Sull. 7.

2 cower beneath

c. acc., cower beneath, ἐξουσίαν D.H. 11.18; τὸ θεοῦ κράτος Ph. 1.677, cf. 322, 2.600; of a breach in a wall, ἀπειλουμένην ὅσον οὔπω κατεπτηχέναι τὴν ἐπίκλυσιν Hld. 9.5.

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