καταράομαι

English (LSJ)

[ᾱρ Ep., ᾰρ Att.],

   A call down curses upon, τῷ δὲ κατᾱρῶνται πάντες βροτοὶ ἄλγε' ὀπίσσω Od.19.330; πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο he called down many curses, Il.9.454; κεφαλῇ πολλὰ κ. Hdt.2.39; κ. ὁ κῆρυξ εἴ τις ἐξαπατᾷ λέγων D.23.97; κ. τὴν Ἶσίν τινι AP11.115 (Nicarch.): c. inf., καταρῶνται δ' ἀπολέσθαι they pray that he may perish, Thgn.277; κ. μήτε πλοῖα στεγανὰ γενέσθαι Arist.Fr.554, cf. 148: c. dat., curse, execrate, τῷ ἡλίῳ Hdt.4.184, cf. Ar.Nu.871, Ra.746, D.19.292 codd., etc.: c. acc., LXX Ge.12.3, al., Ev.Marc.11.21, Plu.Cat.Mi.32 codd., Luc. Asin.27: abs., Ar.V.614, D.18.283:—Pass., aor. κατηράθην [ᾱ] LXX Jb.3.5: pf. part. κατηραμένος accursed, ib.4 Ki.9.34, Ev.Matt.25.41, Plu.Luc.18: also pf. κεκατήραμαι with double redupl., LXXNu.22.6; part. κεκατηραμένος ib.Si.3.18, al.