καταράσσω: Difference between revisions

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