καταρρέω (katarreo)

Where it lives

De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Regnorum I 2 · 1.08/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταρρέω · katarreō — LSJ

flow down

flow down, αἷμα καταρρέον ἐξ ὠτειλῆς Il. 4.149, 5.870; κατὰ δὲ νότιος ῥέεν ἱδρὼς ὤμων καὶ κεφαλῆς 11.811; κατὰ δʼ αἷμα . . ἔρρεε χειρός 13.539; ποταμοὶ κατʼ ὄρεσφι ῥ. 4.452; καταρρέον φλέγμα ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς Hdt. 4.187; of rivers, παρὰ τὴν Ἄλτιν κ. X. HG 7.4.29; τὸ καταρρέον ὕδωρ D. 55.10.

2 stream, rush down, sink down

of men, stream, rush down, ἁθρόοι καταρρέοντες Ar. Ach. 26; οἱ δὲ ἐμπαλασσόμενοι κατέρρεον, i. e. into the river, Th. 7.84; μὴ σφαλεὶς καταρρυῇς Ar. Pax 146, cf. 71; sink down, κ. ἀπὸ τῆς κλίνης ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας Hp. Prog. 3; εἰς τοὺς ὁμαλοὺς τόπους Plb. 8.14.6; διὰ τοῦ τέγους κ. Luc. Tim. 41: c. acc., τὴν ἀτραπὸν κατερρύην Ar. Fr. 47.

3 fall, drop off

of fruit, leaves, etc., fall, drop off, X. Cyr. 1.5.10, Thphr. CP 4.13.3, etc.

4 fall in ruins, fall in, having collapsed

fall in ruins, τὰ τοιαῦτα . . περὶ αὑτὰ καταρρεῖ D. 2.10: metaph., κατερρύη τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀνδρεῖον Arist. Fr. 557; σιγᾷ κατερρύη μέλος dub. in Pi. Fr. 177; of a crater, fall in, Plb. 34.11.12; of a roof, Paus. 1.44.3, etc.; νεκροῦ κατερρυηκότος τὰς σάρκας having collapsed, Id. 10.2.6; καταλείβεσθαί νιν καὶ κ. ὥσπερ τοὺς κολοσσούς Abh. Berl.Akad. 1925(5).21 (Cyrene).

5 come to, fall to the lot of

κ. ἔς τινα come to, fall to the lot of, Theoc. 1.5, Bion 1.55.

6 burrow

burrow, εἰς τὴν γῆν Arist. HA 556b5.

7 fall

metaph., fall into, ἐπὶ τὸν μῦθον Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U.

II run down, drip with

run down, drip with, φόνῳ E. Tr. 16:—and in Pass., αἵματι, ἱδρῶτι καταρρεῖσθαι, Plu. Galb. 27, Luc. Nigr. 35.

In the wild

καταρρέοντος · katarreontos Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 9)
καταρρεῖ · katarrei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9036)
καταρρεῖν · katarrein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4754)
καταρρέον · katarreon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.10 (DIORISIS sentence 8188)
καταρρεῖ · katarrei Euripides, Trojan Women *poseidw=n.15 (DIORISIS sentence 5)
καταρρέον · katarreon Herodotus, Histories 4.187.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5260)

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