The corpus record

κατερείπω

katereipo

throw, cast down, ruin, corrupt

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Where it lives

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

κατερείπ-ω · katereip-ō — LSJ

throw, cast down, ruin, corrupt, fall in ruins

throw or cast down, Ἴλιον κατερεῖψαι Pi. Pae. 8.33; κατὰ γάρ μιν ἐρείπει πῦρ Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140; σεισμοὶ κατήρειψαν πολὺ τῆς κατοικίας Str. 6.1.6, cf. Max.Tyr. 1.3: metaph., κ. τινά ruin, corrupt him, Plu. Sol. 6:—Pass., fall in ruins, of Troy, E. Hec. 477 (lyr.); [τὸ τεῖχος] κατερήρειπτο Hdn. 8.2.4 codd.; κατερηρειμμένα IG 5(1).538.22 (Sparta); κατηριμμένα ib. 12(5).1097.11 (Ceos, ii A.D.), 12(3).324.17 (Thera, ii A.D.).

II fall down, fall prostrate

intr. in aor. 2, fall down, fall prostrate, [ὑπὸ ποταμοῦ] ἔργα κατήριπε κάλʼ αἰζηῶν Il. 5.92; κ. ἐς μέλαν ὕδωρ Theoc. 13.49: pf., τεῖχος μὲν γὰρ δὴ κατερήριπεν Il. 14.55.

In the wild

κατερείπεται · katereipetai Euripides, Hecuba 2.475 (DIORISIS sentence 241)
κατερήριπεν · katerēripen Iliad 14.55
κατήριπε · katēripe Iliad 5.92

Where it came from

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