The corpus record

καταρρίπτ-ω

katarripto

throw down, overthrow

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Where it lives

Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k

What it meant

καταρρίπτ-ω · katarript-ō — LSJ

throw down, overthrow

throw down, overthrow, εἴ τε δημόθρους ἀναρχία βουλὴν καταρρίψειεν A. Ag. 884; τὰ βασίλεια Plu. Luc. 34, cf. Luc. Salt. 9; κ. τοὺς πολεμίους, opp. ἐπαίρω, Id. Hist.Conscr. 7.

2 bring into disrepute

bring into disrepute, μάθησιν Vett.Val. 238.31; ἑαυτούς Id. 2.2.

3 despise

despise, δόξαν, ἔπαινον, D.S. 13.15, 22.

In the wild

καταρρίψειεν · katarripseien Aeschylus, Agamemnon 880–885
κατέρριψεν · katerripsen Septuaginta, Lamentationes 2 (DIORISIS sentence 24)
καταρριπτομένων · katarriptomenōn Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 17

Where it came from

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