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κατασκάπτω

kataskapto

dig down, destroy utterly, raze to the ground

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατασκάπτω · kataskaptō — LSJ

dig down

dig down, ἐπὶ θάτερα τῆς ἀμπέλου Thphr. HP 4.13.5; but usu.,

II destroy utterly, raze to the ground

destroy utterly, raze to the ground, τὸ ἄστυ Hdt. 7.156; Τροίαν κ. βίᾳ S. Ph. 998, cf. A. Ag. 525; πάτραν S. OC 1421; δόμους E. HF 566; πόλιν SIG 344.7 (Teos, iv B.C.), cf. D. 18.71; το τέγος Ar. Nu. 1488; τὰ τείχη ἐς ἔδαφος Th. 4.109, cf. Lys. 12.40, Isoc. l.c., Arist. Ath. 37.1; τὸν λιμένα Aeschin. 3.123; τὰ θυσιαστήρια LXX 3 Ki. 19.10; τὴν οἰκίαν εἰς ἔδαφος Plu. Publ. 10, etc.:—Pass., ϝοικία κατασκαπτέσθω Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (Locr., v B.C.); τὰ οἱκία οἱ κατεσκάφη Hdt. 6.72; πατρῴα ἑστία κατεσκ

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