The corpus record

κατοκνέω

katokneo

shrink from

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Where it lives

The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
The Erotic Essay 1 · 2.73/10k
Against Aphobus 3 1 · 2.58/10k
Fourth Philippic 1 · 2.26/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Archidamus 1 · 1.63/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Against Aristocrates 1 · 0.65/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατοκνέω · katokneō — LSJ

shrink from, shrink back, to be sluggish

shrink from, c. inf., ὅπως . . μὴ κατοκνήσεις κτανεῖν Αἴγισθον S. El. 956; κ. ὀρθοῦσθαι Hp. Mochl. 20; κ. γῆν περιιδεῖν τμηθεῖσαν Th. 2.18; μὴ κατόκνει . . πορεύεσθαι Isoc. 1.19: c. acc., τὴν στρατείαν App. Mith. 110: abs., shrink back, A. Pr. 67, Th. 2.94, Isoc. 6.75, D. 29.1, etc.; to be sluggish, εἰ τῇ δυνάμει κ. [ἡ ψυχή] Phld. Mus. p.30 K.

In the wild

κατοκνεῖς · katokneis Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 67
κατώκνουν · katōknoun Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 3 1 (DIORISIS sentence 3)
κατοκνεῖν · katoknein Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 4 (DIORISIS sentence 6)
κατοκνήσας · katoknēsas Demosthenes, Fourth Philippic 43 (DIORISIS sentence 110)
κατοκνῆσαι · katoknēsai Demosthenes, The Erotic Essay 37 (DIORISIS sentence 98)
κατοκνῶ · katoknō Demosthenes, The Funeral Speech 51-61 6 (DIORISIS sentence 16)

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Where it came from

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