καταράσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. καταράττω, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dash down, break in pieces</b>, <b class="b3">ὁ παῖς ἐμπεσὼν κατήραξε</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν κύλικα</b>) <span class="bibl">Hippon.38</span>:—Pass., ἡ θύρη κατήρακται <span class="bibl">Herod.2.63</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">διασείειν καὶ κ. τὰ βουλεύματα</b> cj. for <b class="b3">ταράττειν</b> in <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>38</span>; esp. of a broken and routed army, τοὺς λοιποὺς κατήραξεν ἐς τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.69</span>; κ. εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἅπαντας <span class="bibl">D. 23.165</span>; τὸ στράτευμα κατηράχθη εἰς τὰ τειχίσματα <span class="bibl">Th.7.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.9.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>5.17.2</span>: fut. Med. in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of sea-birds, <b class="b3">κ. αὑτοὺς εἰς τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν</b> [[dash down]] head foremost, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>836a13</span>: but more freq. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> intr., [[fall down]], [[fall headlong]], <span class="bibl">Clearch.44</span>; of rain, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>392b10</span>; of rivers, <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ Χάσμα κ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.17.75</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.10.48.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.14.4.1</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">τοῦ ἀγγείου</b>, of a stream of water, Gal.10.554. (Freq. written <b class="b3">καταρρ-</b>, augm. <b class="b3">κατερρ-</b>, in part perh. correctly, if fr. <b class="b3">κατα-ρρᾱσσω</b>, cf. <b class="b3">ῥάσσω, ἐπιρράσσω</b>.)</span>