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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Transliteration C=katapaltis
|Transliteration C=katapaltis
|Beta Code=katapa/lths
|Beta Code=katapa/lths
|Definition=ου, ὁ, (πάλλω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">engine of war for hurling bolts, catapult</b>, IG22.120.37, 554.15, 12(5).647.36 (Ceos):—freq. written καταπαλτ-πέλτης in literary texts, <span class="bibl">Mnesim.7.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Timocl.12.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Onos.42.3</span>, etc.; καταπάλτην ἀφιέναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>42.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1111a11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aud.</span>800b13</span>, Ath. Mech.<span class="bibl">8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>6.12</span>; used as an instrument of torture, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.71</span>, <span class="bibl">Charito 3.4</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>8.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[bolt]], [[shot]], (-πέλτης) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.95</span>, <span class="bibl">7.121</span>, (-πάλτης) Hsch.:—hence καταπαλτ-ικός, ή, όν (in literary texts <b class="b3">-πελτ-</b>), [[of]] or [[belonging to catapults]], βέλη <span class="title">IG</span>22.1487.102; ὄργανα καὶ βέλη <span class="bibl">Plb.11.11.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.17.3.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Bito62.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>., = [[καταπάλται]], <span class="bibl">Plb.9.41.5</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[artillery]], <span class="bibl">D.S.14.42</span>.</span>
|Definition=ου, ὁ, (πάλλω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">engine of war for hurling bolts, catapult</b>, IG22.120.37, 554.15, 12(5).647.36 (Ceos):—freq. written καταπαλτ-πέλτης in literary texts, <span class="bibl">Mnesim.7.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Timocl.12.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Onos.42.3</span>, etc.; καταπάλτην ἀφιέναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>42.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1111a11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aud.</span>800b13</span>, Ath. Mech.<span class="bibl">8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>6.12</span>; used as an instrument of torture, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.71</span>, <span class="bibl">Charito 3.4</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>8.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bolt]], [[shot]], (-πέλτης) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.95</span>, <span class="bibl">7.121</span>, (-πάλτης) Hsch.:—hence καταπαλτ-ικός, ή, όν (in literary texts <b class="b3">-πελτ-</b>), [[of]] or [[belonging to catapults]], βέλη <span class="title">IG</span>22.1487.102; ὄργανα καὶ βέλη <span class="bibl">Plb.11.11.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.17.3.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Bito62.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>., = [[καταπάλται]], <span class="bibl">Plb.9.41.5</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[artillery]], <span class="bibl">D.S.14.42</span>.</span>
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English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (πάλλω) A engine of war for hurling bolts, catapult, IG22.120.37, 554.15, 12(5).647.36 (Ceos):—freq. written καταπαλτ-πέλτης in literary texts, Mnesim.7.10, Timocl.12.5, Onos.42.3, etc.; καταπάλτην ἀφιέναι Arist.Ath.42.3, EN1111a11, cf. Aud.800b13, Ath. Mech.8.7, Ael.VH6.12; used as an instrument of torture, D.S.20.71, Charito 3.4, LXX 4 Ma.8.13. 2 bolt, shot, (-πέλτης) Hp.Epid.5.95, 7.121, (-πάλτης) Hsch.:—hence καταπαλτ-ικός, ή, όν (in literary texts -πελτ-), of or belonging to catapults, βέλη IG22.1487.102; ὄργανα καὶ βέλη Plb.11.11.3, cf. Str.17.3.15, Bito62.4; τὰ κ., = καταπάλται, Plb.9.41.5; τὸ κ. artillery, D.S.14.42.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταπάλτης: -ου, ὁ, = καταπέλτης, Ἀριστ, Ἀθην. Πολιτ. 64. 4 (ἔκδ. Blass), Ἡσύχ., πρβλ. Κόντον ἐν Ἀθηνᾶς Τόμ. Δ΄, σ. 111.

French (Bailly abrégé)

mieux que καταπέλτης;
ου (ὁ) :
catapulte, machine à lancer des traits.
Étymologie: καταπάλλω.

Greek Monolingual

καταπάλτης, ὁ (Α)
επιγρ. βλ. καταπέλτης.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

καταπάλτης -ου, ὁ, ook καταπέλτης [καταπάλλομαι] katapult. worp. Hp.