κατακλάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A) [ᾱ], Att. for <b class="b3">κατακλαίω</b> (q.v.).<br /><span class="bld">κατακλάω</span> (B) [ᾰ], impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κατέκλων <span class="bibl">Il.20.227</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.62</span>: aor. 1 -έκλᾰσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117d</span>:—Pass., pf. and aor. (v. infr.):—<b class="b2">break short, snap off</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀνθερίκων καρπὸν θέον οὐδὲ κατέκλων</b> Il.l.c.; κατεκλάσθη δ' ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος <span class="bibl">13.608</span>; τὰ δόρατα κατέκλων Hdt. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.34</span>; φυτευτήρια ἐλαῶν <span class="bibl">D.53.15</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ δ' αὐχένα νέρθ' ἐπὶ γαίης κλάσσε</b> <b class="b2">bowed</b> it <b class="b2">down</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.146</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὸν ὀφθαλμόν</b> <b class="b2">ogle</b>, <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.79</span> B.; but <b class="b3">ὄμματα κατακεκλασμένα</b> eyes <b class="b2">with drooping lids</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span> 808a8</span>; τὸ σῶμα… -κέκλασται <b class="b2">has been crushed</b>, PMasp.77.12 (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">break down</b>, <b class="b3">οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε</b> he <b class="b2">broke</b> us all <b class="b2">down</b>, Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>l.c.; πάθος, εἴτ' οἶκτος εἴτ' αἰδώς, κατέκλασε τὴν διάνοιαν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Tim.</span>7</span>; [<b class="b3">Ἔρως</b>] κατακλάσας τὸ σοβαρόν Id.2.767f:—more freq. in Pass., ἐμοί γε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ, κλαῖον δ' ἐν ψαμάθοισι καθήμενος <span class="bibl">Od.4.538</span>; of fear, ἡμῖν δ' αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ δεισάντων <span class="bibl">9.256</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.198</span>; τὸ θράσος κατεκέκλαστο <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Fab.</span>11</span>; of passion, ἐρώτων… νόσῳ φρένας… κατεκλάσθη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>766</span> (lyr.); of pity, οὐδὲ κατεκλάσθης <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>107</span>; of persuasion, <span class="bibl">D.L. 7.114</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., <b class="b3">κατακεκλασμένος</b> <b class="b2">reduced by fever</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>510</span>: metaph., of character, <b class="b2">to become enfeebled, degenerate</b>, Aristeas <span class="bibl">149</span>: in pf. part. Pass., <b class="b2">enervated, effeminate</b>, of men, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>339.2; <b class="b3">γραφαὶ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>18</span>:—Act., <b class="b3">κ. ἑαυτόν</b>, of an effeminate dancer, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Salt.</span>27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pass., of light, <b class="b2">to be refracted</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀνακλᾶσθαι</b> (to be reflected), ὄψεως -κλωμένης <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.18.1; of sound, <b class="b3">αἱ κατακλώμεναι φωναὶ μετὰ φαρμακείην</b> <b class="b2">broken, feeble</b> voice, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Coac.</span>246</span>.</span>