The corpus record

καθυφ-ίημι

kathuphiemi

give up, surrender treacherously

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Where it lives

Against Aphobus 3 3 · 7.74/10k
For the Megalopolitans 1 · 5.4/10k
Against Theocrines 2 · 4.3/10k
Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k
Against Agoratus 1 · 2.09/10k
Against Midias 2 · 1.33/10k
Against Aristocrates 1 · 0.65/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

καθυφ-ίημι · kathyph-iēmi — LSJ

give up, surrender treacherously, conduct, collusively, compromise, when, let the action drop

give up, surrender treacherously, [καιρὸν] ἐάν τις ἑκὼν καθυφῇ τοῖς ἐναντίοις καὶ προδῷ D. 19.6, cf. 16.18, al.; τὰ τῆς πόλεως Id. 58.6, cf. Luc. Prom. 5; esp. in a lawsuit, κ. τὸν ἀγῶνα conduct it collusively, compromise it, D. 21.151; οὐ μόνον τῷ μὴ καθυφεῖναι ταῦτα σεμνύνομαι Id. 18.107: abs., καθυφέντων τῶν κατηγόρων when they let the action drop, Id. 23.96.

II give way, yield, slacken

Med., καθυφίεσθαί τινι give way, yield, c. dat. pers., X. HG 2.4.23; ἔν τινι slacken, ἐν μάχαις Polyaen. 8.24.1: abs., Luc. Abd. 7.

Med., with pf. Pass., used trans. like the Act., εἰ καθυφείμεθά τι τῶν πραγμάτων D. 3.8; καθυφεῖντο ἑαυτούς Plb. 3.60.4; ἐπʼ ἀργυρίῳ τὸ τίμημα καθυφειμένος Plu. Cic. 8; οὐδὲν . . καθυφηκάμην J. BJ 2.16.4; -ίενται τὴν τοῦ ἑνὸς τιμήν Ph. 2.220.

In the wild

καθυφεῖκεν · kathypheiken Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 3 35 (DIORISIS sentence 112)
καθυφεῖκας · kathypheikas Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 3 36 (DIORISIS sentence 113)
καθυφεῖκεν · kathypheiken Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 3 39 (DIORISIS sentence 123)
καθυφέντων · kathyphentōn Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 96 (DIORISIS sentence 376)
καθυφεῖναι · kathypheinai Demosthenes, Against Midias 151 (DIORISIS sentence 463)
καθυφεὶς · kathypheis Demosthenes, Against Midias 39 (DIORISIS sentence 113)

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