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καταστρέφω

καταστρέφω, to turn down, trample on

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καταστρέφων present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular of καταστρέφω

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καταστρέφω, pf. κατέστραφα (trans.) Plb. 23.11.2:—Pass., fut. -στρᾰφήσομαι D.C. 42.42: pf. imper. κατεστρέφθω Epicur. (v. infr.): plpf. 3 sg. -έστραπτο Hdn. (v. infr.); 3 pl. -εστράφατο D.C. 39.5:—
  • turn down, trample on, ποσσί h.Ap. 73; turn the soil, X. Oec. 17.10; κάνθαρον κ. turn it upside down, so as to drain it, Alex. 115, cf. Sotad.Com. 1.33, LXX 4 Ki. 21.13; κατεστραμμένῳ τῷ ὀστράκῳ Arist. HA 622b8.
    • II upset, overturn, τὴν πόλιν κ. Ar. Eq. 274; τὰς εἰκόνας D.L. 5.82; ruin, undo, βίον καὶ τέκνα καὶ πόλεις Plb. 23.11.2; τινα AP 11.163 (Lucill.):—Pass., τὰ προάστεια κατέστραπτο Hdn. 8.4.8.
      • 2 Med., subject to oneself, subdue, πολέμῳ Hdt. 1.64, cf. 71, al., Th. 3.13, D. 18.244, etc.; νόσον E. Hipp. 477; τοὺς μὲν κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν subdued and made them tributary, Hdt. 1.6: c. inf., Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι Id. 7.51.
      • 3 Pass., in aor. and pf., to be subdued, Id. 1.130, 68: plpf., Th. 5.29: c. inf., ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι am constrained to hear, A. Ag. 956: pf. Pass. also in sense of Med., Hdt. 1.171; πάντα κατέστραπται καὶ ἔχει D. 4.6, cf. X. HG 5.2.38, Isoc. 5.21.
    • III of a floating solid, right itself, Archim. Fluit. 2.9 (Pass.).
        • b intr., return, εἰς ταὐτόν Arist. Pr. 921a26, cf. Mech. 856b17.
    • IV turn round, direct, [καταπάλτην] train it on the enemy, Ph. Bel. 82.14; esp. towards an end, ποῖ καταστρέφεις λόγων τελευτήν; A. Pers. 787; οὕτω κατέστρεψεν ἡ τύχη ταῦτα, ὥστʼ ἐναντία γενέσθαι τοῖς προσδοκωμένοις Din. 1.32; κατέστρεψεν εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν τοὺς λόγους guided the conversations to a friendly end, Aeschin. 2.39: hence, bring to an end, κ. τὴν βίβλον, τὸν λόγον, Plb. 3.118.10, 22.9.4 (Pass., ταῦτα μὲν αὐτοῦ κατεστρέφθω Epicur. Nat. 14.6); esp. κ. τὸν βίον Cebes 10, Ael. NA 13.21, Plu. Thes. 19, etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Id. Comp.Sol.Publ. 1: abs., come to an end, close, Plb. 4.2.1; τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ -στρέφοντος Plu. Caes. 51; esp. end life, die, Epicur. Ep. 3 p.61 U., Plu. Them. 31, Arr. An. 7.3.1, Hdn. 5.8.10; κ. εἰς ἀπώλειαν end in . ., Alciphr. 3.70; τοὺς λόγους ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα -στρέφειν οἰόμενος Plu. Phil. 4; ἡ ἡμέρα κ. εἰς ὥραν δεκάτην inclines towards . ., Id. Sull. 29.
      • 2 Rhet., metaph., λέξις κατεστραμμένη periodic style, opp. εἰρομένη, Arist. Rh. 1409a26, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 12, 21.
    • V screw or stretch tight, αἱ κατεστραμμέναι χορδαί Arist. Aud. 803a28.

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