κατεφάλλομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">leap down against</b>, ἐξ ἵππων κατεπάλμενος ἀντίος ἔστη <span class="bibl">Il.11.94</span> (where Sch.A read <b class="b3">κατ-απ-άλμενος</b>); <b class="b2">swoop down upon</b>, κῦμα . . νηὸς ὑπὲρ πάσης κατεπάλμενον <span class="bibl">A.R.2.583</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.120</span>; <b class="b3">κατέπαλτο</b> <b class="b2">leapt upon</b> him, <span class="bibl">Tryph.478</span>; <b class="b2">leapt down</b>, οὐρανόθεν <span class="bibl">Nonn. <span class="title">D.</span>48.614</span>; cf. <b class="b3">καταπάλλομαι, καταπάλμενος, καταπαλτός</b>.</span>