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κατατρέχω

katatrecho

run down, run to land, disembark, come to a haven in

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Where it lives

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

What it meant

κατατρέχω · katatrechō — LSJ

run down

run down, Ar. l.c.; ἀπὸ τῶν ἄκρων Hdt. 7.192; κάτω Id. 3.156; ἐπὶ θάλατταν X. An. 7.1.20; ἐπί τινας Act.Ap. 21.32.

2 run to land, disembark, come to a haven in

of seamen or passengers by sea, run to land, disembark, X. HG 5.1.12; εἰς ἐμπόρια Plb. 3.91.2: metaph., κ. ξένιον ἄστυ come to a haven in . . , f.l. in Pi. N. 4.23.

II run down, inveigh against

trans., run down, inveigh against, τὴν Σπάρτην Pl. Lg. 806c, cf. Diog.Oen. 12, D.C. 50.2, etc.: more freq. c. gen., Phld. Vit. p.42 J., etc.; κ. τῶν μάντεων D.L. 2.135; τῶν συνόντων τοῖς δυνάσταις D.C. 61.10; τῆς μέθης Ath. 1.1ce; Ἀλκιβιάδου ὡς οἰνόφλυγος Id. 5.220c, cf. A.D. Synt. 100.19; κατὰ τῆς βουλῆς, κατὰ τῆς μοναρχίας, D.C. 36.44, 66.13.

2 overrun, ravage, lay waste, oppress

overrun, ravage, lay waste, τῆς Σαλαμῖνος τὰ πολλά Th. 2.94, cf. 8.92, Dionys.Com. 3.5, D.S. 2.44, Luc. Alex. 2, etc., oppress, τοὺς γεωργούς PTeb. 41.30 (ii B.C.).

3 run over

run over, c. gen., κὰδ δʼ ἄρα οἱ βλεφάρων βαρὺς ἔδραμεν ὕπνος Theoc. 22.204.

4 pursue

pursue, LXX Le. 26.37.

5 hurry

hurry, Plu. Garr. 2.512e.

6 slip down

slip down, of a bandage, Gal. 18(1).829.

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