κατασπάω (kataspao)

Where it lives

Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
Paralipomenon II 11 · 5.59/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Regnorum IV 5 · 2.89/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατασπάω · kataspaō — LSJ

draw, pull down, drag, down by, haul, down to the sea, set, afloat, to be drawn down

draw, pull down, μολυβδὶς ὥστε δίκτυον κατέσπασεν S. Fr. 840; κατασπάσαι τινὰ τῶν τριχῶν drag one down by the hair, Ar. Lys. 725; τινὰ τοῦ σκέλους Antiph. 86.3; κ. τὰς πεντηκοντέρους haul them down to the sea, set them afloat, Hdt. 1.164, cf. 7.193; τὰ σημεῖα κατεσπάσθη (in token of defeat), Th. 1.63; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου X. An. 1.9.6; κατεσπακὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of one frowning, Alciphr. 3.3:—Pass., to be drawn down, τὰ κατασπώμενα . . κἀνασπώμενα, of the limbs of puppets, X. Mem. 3.10.7; κατεσπασμέ

b gather

gather fruit from, τὸν ἐλαιωνοπαράδεισον, prob. in PSI 1.33.26 (iii A.D.).

2 to be displaced downwards, to be convulsed, suffer a spasm, to be drawn, fall into a trance

Pass., to be displaced downwards, of a dislocated bone, Hp. Mochl. 4, 5; to be convulsed, suffer a spasm, Id. Epid. 3.17.βʹ (or perh. to be drawn, as in facial paralysis); fall into a trance, PMag.Lond. 121.549.

II draw down, forth, draw off

draw down or forth, τὰ γυναικεῖα Hp. Epid. 6.8.32, cf. Arist. GA 750b35; γάλα Dsc. 3.58; draw off, τὸ τὴν νοῦσον παρέχον Hp. Loc.Hom. 30 (Pass.); χυμοὺς κ. [τὸ λουτρόν] App.Anth. 3.158.

III quaff, swallow down

quaff, swallow down, Ar. Eq. 718, Ra. 576, Antiph. 204.13.

IV pull down, break

pull down, οἶκον, ἄλση, LXX 2 Ch. 24.7, 34.7; τὰ ὑψηλά ib. 31.1, cf. PTeb. 5.134 (ii B.C., Pass.); τὴν Σμύρναν Str. 14.1.37, cf. 16.2.30 (Pass.); κ. τὰς τάξεις break the ranks, Plb. 1.40.13: metaph., Phld. D. 1.17.

V lower

lower, τὴν φωνήν Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.9.5.

VI precipitate

precipitate, Zos.Alch. p.195 B. (Pass.).

VII

v. κατασπεύδω.

In the wild

κατέσπασας · katespasas Aristophanes, Frogs 575–576
κατέσπακας · katespakas Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 520)
κατέσπασα · katespasa Aristophanes, Lysistrata 720 (DIORISIS sentence 542)
κατασπάσαντες · kataspasantes Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.5 (DIORISIS sentence 4467)
κατασπάσαντες · kataspasantes Herodotus, Histories 1.164.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1160)
κατασπάσαντες · kataspasantes Herodotus, Histories 7.193.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8186)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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