The corpus record

κατερείκω

katereiko

bruise, grind

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

κατερείκω · katereikō — LSJ

bruise, grind, crush, subdue, rend oneʼs

bruise, grind, κάχρυς κατηριγμέναι Demon 22: metaph., θυμὸν κατερεῖξαι crush, subdue, Ar. V. 649:—Med . . rend oneʼs garments, in token of sorrow, κίθωνας Sapph. 62, cf. Hdt. 3.66, A. Pers. 538 (anap.).

In the wild

κατερεικόμεναι · katereikomenai Aeschylus, Persians 537–540
κατερεῖξαι · katereixai Aristophanes, Wasps 648 (DIORISIS sentence 455)
κατηρείκοντο · katēreikonto Herodotus, Histories 3.66.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3366)

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.

Downloads

Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about κατερείκω →