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κατεῖπον

kateipon

speak against

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατεῖπον · kateipon — LSJ

speak against, to the prejudice of, accuse, denounce, give information

speak against or to the prejudice of, accuse, denounce, τινος Ar. Pax 377, Th. 340; κ. τινὸς πρός τινα Pl. Tht. 149a, cf. X. Mem. 2.6.33: abs., give information, Hdt. 2.89, πρὸς τοὺς βασιλέας SIG 986.7 (Chios, v/iv B.C.).

II declare, report, make, known, denounce, enumerate

c. acc., declare, report, εἴ σοι γάμον κατεῖπον E. Med. 589; κ. τοῖς θεαταῖς τὸν λόγον Ar. V. 54; τἀν Σάμῳ ib. 283 (lyr.); πατέρα κ. make him known, E. Ion 1345; κ. τοὺς ποιήσαντας, τὰ γεγενημένα, denounce them, And. 2.7: c. acc. et part., κ. σῷ κασιγνήτῳ πόσιν ἥκοντα E. Hel. 898; enumerate, φύλλα δένδρων Anacreont. 13.2.

2 tell, tell

abs., tell, κάτειπέ μοι tell me, Ar. Nu. 155, Pl. 86: folld. by interrog., κ. ὅκως . . Hdt. 1.20; πόθεν . . Ar. Pax 20; ὅ τι σιωπᾷς, κ. μοι ib. 657; πρὸς σὲ κ., ἐφʼ οἷς ἐλύπησάν με Isoc. 5.17, etc.

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