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καθέρπω

katherpo

creep, steal down

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καθέρπω · katherpō — LSJ

creep, steal down

creep, steal down, ἀπʼ ὀρθίων πάγων καθεῖρπεν ἔλαφος S. Fr. 89; καθέρπυσόν νυν ἐς Κεραμεικόν Ar. Ra. 129, cf. 485: metaph., παρὰ τὰ ὦτα ἄρτι ἴουλος καθέρπει X. Smp. 4.23.

II return

return from exile, SIG 306.54 (Delph., from Tegea, iv B.C.): in this signf. the aor. part. is κατενθών ib. 4; pf. part. κατηνθηκώς ib. 39.

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