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κασσύω

κασσύω, to stitch

κασσ-ύω [ῡ], Att. καττ-, (καττύς)
  • stitch, sew together like a shoemaker, Pl. Euthd. 294b; πέδιλα Nic. Fr. 85.6:—Med. (nisi leg. καττύομεν), Pherecr. 178.
    • II metaph., stitch up a plot, οἶδʼ ἐγὼ τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦθʼ ὅθεν πάλαι καττύεται (says Cleon the tanner), I know the shop that this piece of leather comes from, Ar. Eq. 314; καττύειν διαβολάς Alciphr. 3.58.

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