The corpus record

κατα-στέφω

katastepho

deck with garlands, crown, wreath

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant

κατα-στέφω · kata-stephō — LSJ

deck with garlands, crown, wreath, to crown, encircle

deck with garlands, crown, wreath, κ. βωμόν (with branches wreathed in wool) E. Heracl. 124; κ. νεκρόν (with libations) Id. Ph. 1632; πλόκαμος ὅδε καταστέφειν here are my tresses for you to crown, Id. IA 1478 (lyr.); ἄντομαί σε καὶ κ. χεροῖν encircle thee, Id. Heracl. 226; κατέστεψας πέδον and κατάστεψον π. are vv. ll. in S. OC 467, cf. καταστείβω; κ. τὰς πρῴρας D.C. 51.5; οὔρεα Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7p.7:—Pass., κατεστέφθαι Aeschin. 3.164; δάφνῃ κατεστεμμένος τὰς κόμας D.H. 2.34; κλάδος ἐρίῳ κατεσ

In the wild

καταστέψαςʼ · katastepsasʼ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 905 (DIORISIS sentence 563)
καταστέφειν · katastephein Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 950)
καταστέφων · katastephōn Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 928)
κατεστεμμένοι · katestemmenoi Septuaginta, Machabaeourum III 7

Where it came from

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