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καταρράπτω

katarrapto

stitch on, over, lashed to

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

καταρράπτω · katarraptō — LSJ

stitch on, over, lashed to

stitch on or over, θύρη κατερραμμένη ῥιπὶ καλάμων a frame lashed to a crate, Hdt. 2.96.

II stitch tight, sew up

stitch tight, τι ἔς τι Hp. Acut. 21; sew up, Thphr. HP 9.5.3; λίθον εἰς τὴν ζώνην κ. Plu. Ant. 81; in Surgery, Gal. 14.783:—Pass., Aen.Tact. 31.4; καταρρᾰφῆναι ἐν μηρῷ Agatharch. 7; τοῖς δέρμασι Sor. 1.68.

2 devise, compass

metaph., devise, compass, Πενθεῖ καταρράψας μόρον A. Eu. 26.

In the wild

καταρράψας · katarrapsas Aeschylus, Eumenides 24–26
κατερραμμένη · katerrammenē Herodotus, Histories 2.96.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2213)

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