καταχώννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=( καταχωννύω <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.42.5, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>34), fut. -<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> χώσω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 177c</span>:—[[cover with a heap]], [[overwhelm]], [[bury]], <b class="b3">ὁ νότος κατέχωσέ σφεας</b> [[buried]] them in sand, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.173</span>; κ. τινὰ λίθοις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>295</span> (tm.); σφέας… κατέχωσαν οἱ βάρβαροι βάλλοντες <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.225</span>; ἐν λίθοις σφενδόνης <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Za.</span>9.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κοπρίᾳ</b> <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>l.c.:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>61.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[silt up]], [[dam up]], τὸ στόμιον τοῦ λιμένος <span class="bibl">D.S.24.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπιρρέοντα καταχώσει… τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγον</b> with fresh streams they [[will choke up the channel of]] our original argument, Pl.l.c.; κ. τινὰ λόγοις Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 512c; τὴν ἐρώτησιν Plu.2.512e:—Pass., to [[be buried in obscurity]], τὰ πρῶτα ὀνόματα -κέχωσται ὑπὸ τῶν βουλομένων τραγῳδεῖν αὐτά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span> 414c</span>; ἐνθυμήσεις μυστικῶς -κεχωσμέναι <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.301.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[overwhelm]], [[ruin]], <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>63.19</span>.</span>