καθάπτω (kathapto)

Where it lives

Abdias 1 · 22.73/10k
Letter 4 1 · 12.15/10k
Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
Amos 3 · 9.75/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 9 · 6.76/10k
Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
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Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
Regnorum I 9 · 4.86/10k
De Interpretatione 3 · 4.82/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 7 · 4.79/10k

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What it meant

καθάπτω · kathaptō — LSJ

fasten, fix on, put upon, having made, fast

fasten or fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις . . ἀμφίβληστρον S. Tr. 1051; κ. τι ἀμφί τινι E. Ion 1006; τι ἐπί τι X. Cyn. 6.9; τι εἴς τι Plb. 8.6.3; τι ἔκ τινος Plu. QConv. 2.647e; ἄγκυραν καθάψας having made it fast, Philem. 213.10; τὰ ὀστέα καθάπτει τὰ νεῦρα Arist. Spir. 483b31:—Med., κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι Theoc. Ep. 3.4:— Pass., βρόχῳ καθημμένος S. Ant. 1222, cf. Theoc. Adon. 11.

2 equip, with, slung round him

equip by fastening or hanging on, in Med., σκευῇ σῶμʼ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι E. Rh. 202, cf. AP 9.19 (Arch.):—Pass., νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ with a fawn-skin slung round him, S. Ichn. 219; καθημμένοι νεβρίδας Str. 15.1.71.

3 attach itself, fasten upon

intr., attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, Arist. HA 514b30, 515a3; later = II.5, fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος Act.Ap. 28.3, cf. Poll. 1.164.

II do, accost, assailing, accost, assail

used by Hom. only in Med., καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γʼ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι do thou accost him . . , Il. 1.582; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν Od. 10.70; μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι κ. 24.393; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing . . , 18.415, 20.323; χαλεποῖσι κ. ἐπέεσσι Hes. Op. 332: without a qualifying Adj., accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα Il. 15.127, cf. Od. 2.240; without ἐπέεσσι, γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν 2.39, cf. 20.22

2 upbraid

after Hom., c. gen., upbraid, Hdt. 6.69, Th. 6.16, Pl. Cri. 52a, X. HG 1.7.4: abs., Th. 6.82.

3 attack

in military sense, attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας Plb. 1.19.14.

4 appeal, appealing

appeal to, θεῶν . . καταπτόμενος appealing to them, Hdt. 6.68; Δημαρήτου καὶ ἄλλων μαρτύρων Id. 8.65.

5 lay hold of, take to

lay hold of, τυραννίδος Sol. 32.3; βρέφεος χείρεσσι Theoc. 17.65; τῆς θαλάσσης take to the sea, Philostr. VA 3.23: Act., καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου Arr. Epict. 3.20.10 (cf. I.3).

6 to be sensitive in respect of

to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου Hp. Prorrh. 1.16.

In the wild

καταπτόμενος · kataptomenos Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1198)
κατάβηθʼ · katabēthʼ Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 216)
κατάβηθι · katabēthi Aristophanes, Lysistrata 873 (DIORISIS sentence 663)
καταβήσει · katabēsei Aristophanes, Lysistrata 875 (DIORISIS sentence 665)
κατάβηθʼ · katabēthʼ Aristophanes, Lysistrata 884 (DIORISIS sentence 677)
καταβήσομαι · katabēsomai Aristophanes, Peace 725 (DIORISIS sentence 526)

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Where it came from

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