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|Full diacritics=κατασπάω
|Medium diacritics=κατασπάω
|Low diacritics=κατασπάω
|Capitals=ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ
|Transliteration A=kataspáō
|Transliteration B=kataspaō
|Transliteration C=kataspao
|Beta Code=kataspa/w
|Definition=fut. -<b class="b3">άσω [ᾰ</b>]: pf. -έσπᾰκα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>718</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">draw, pull down</b>, μολυβδὶς ὥστε δίκτυον κατέσπασεν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>840</span>; <b class="b3">κατασπάσαι τινὰ τῶν τριχῶν</b> <b class="b2">drag</b> one <b class="b2">down by</b> the hair, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>725</span>; τινὰ τοῦ σκέλους <span class="bibl">Antiph.86.3</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὰς πεντηκοντέρους</b> <b class="b2">haul</b> them <b class="b2">down to the sea, set</b> them <b class="b2">afloat</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.164</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.193</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σημεῖα κατεσπάσθη</b> (in token of defeat), <span class="bibl">Th.1.63</span>; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.6</span>; <b class="b3">κατεσπακὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς</b>, of one frowning, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.3</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be drawn down</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ κατασπώμενα . . κἀνασπώμενα</b>, of the limbs of puppets, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.7</span>; <b class="b3">κατεσπασμέναι ὀφρύες</b>, of one frowning, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>491b17</span>; <b class="b3">κατασπᾶσθαι ἐς ὕπνον, ἐς δάκρυα</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMar.</span>2.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Anach.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">gather</b> fruit from, <b class="b3">τὸν ἐλαιωνοπαράδεισον</b>, prob. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>1.33.26</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., <b class="b2">to be displaced downwards</b>, of a dislocated bone, Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span> 4, 5; <b class="b2">to be convulsed, suffer a spasm</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.17</span>.<b class="b3">β</b> (or perh. <b class="b2">to be drawn</b>, as in facial paralysis); <b class="b2">fall into a trance</b>, PMag.Lond.121.549. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">draw down</b> or <b class="b2">forth</b>, τὰ γυναικεῖα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.8.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>750b35</span>; γάλα Dsc.3.58; <b class="b2">draw off</b>, τὸ τὴν νοῦσον παρέχον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>30</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">χυμοὺς κ. [τὸ λουτρόν</b>] <span class="title">App.Anth.</span>3.158. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">quaff, swallow down</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>718</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>576</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.204.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">pull down</b>, <b class="b3">οἶκον, ἄλση</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ch.</span>24.7</span>, <span class="bibl">34.7</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ὑψηλά</b> ib. <span class="bibl">31.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>5.134</span> (ii B.C., Pass.); τὴν Σμύρναν <span class="bibl">Str.14.1.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.2.30</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">κ. τὰς τάξεις</b> <b class="b2">break</b> the ranks, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.40.13</span>: metaph., Phld. <span class="title">D.</span>1.17. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">lower</b>, τὴν φωνήν Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.9.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">precipitate</b>, Zos.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.195</span> B. (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> v. [[κατασπεύδω]].</span>
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