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|Definition=pf. <b class="b3">κατέστραφα</b> (trans.) <span class="bibl">Plb.23.11.2</span>:—Pass., fut. -<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> στρᾰφήσομαι <span class="bibl">D.C.42.42</span>: pf. imper. κατεστρέφθω Epicur. (v. infr.): plpf. 3sg. -έστραπτο Hdn. (v. infr.); 3pl. -εστράφατο <span class="bibl">D.C.39.5</span>:— [[turn down]], [[trample on]], ποσσί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>73</span>; [[turn the soil]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>17.10</span>; <b class="b3">κάνθαρον κ</b>. [[turn]] it [[upside down]], so as to drain it, <span class="bibl">Alex.115</span>, cf. Sotad. Com.<span class="bibl">1.33</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ki.</span>21.13</span>; κατεστραμμένῳ τῷ ὀστράκῳ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 622b8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[upset]], [[overturn]], τὴν πόλιν κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>274</span>; τὰς εἰκόνας <span class="bibl">D.L.5.82</span>; [[ruin]], [[undo]], βίον καὶ τέκνα καὶ πόλεις <span class="bibl">Plb.23.11.2</span>; τινα <span class="title">AP</span> 11.163 (Lucill.):—Pass., τὰ προάστεια κατέστραπτο <span class="bibl">Hdn.8.4.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Med., <b class="b2">subject to oneself, subdue</b>, πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">71</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.244</span>, etc.; νόσον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>477</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς μὲν κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν</b> [[subdued and made]] them tributary, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.6</span>: c. inf., Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.7.51</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Pass., in aor. and pf., [[to be subdued]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.130</span>,<span class="bibl">68</span>: plpf., <span class="bibl">Th.5.29</span>: c.inf., <b class="b3">ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι</b> [[am constrained]] to hear, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>956</span>: pf. Pass. also in sense of Med., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>; πάντα κατέστραπται καὶ ἔχει <span class="bibl">D.4.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.2.38</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of a floating solid, [[right itself]], <span class="bibl">Archim. <span class="title">Fluit.</span> 2.9</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> intr., [[return]], εἰς ταὐτόν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>921a26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mech.</span> 856b17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[turn round]], [[direct]], [<b class="b3">καταπάλτην</b>] [[train]] it on the enemy, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>82.14</span>; esp. towards an end, <b class="b3">ποῖ καταστρέφεις λόγων τελευτήν</b>; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>787</span>; οὕτω κατέστρεψεν ἡ τύχη ταῦτα, ὥστ' ἐναντία γενέσθαι τοῖς προσδοκωμένοις <span class="bibl">Din.1.32</span>; <b class="b3">κατέστρεψεν εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν τοὺς λόγους</b> [[guided]] the conversations [[to]] a friendly [[end]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.39</span>: hence, [[bring to an end]], <b class="b3">κ. τὴν βίβλον, τὸν λόγον</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.118.10</span>, <span class="bibl">22.9.4</span> (Pass., ταῦτα μὲν αὐτοῦ κατεστρέφθω <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>14.6</span>); esp. <b class="b3">κ. τὸν βίον</b> Cebes <span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>19</span>,etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Comp.Sol.Publ.</span>1</span>: abs., <b class="b2">come to an end, close</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.2.1</span>; τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ -στρέφοντος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>51</span>; esp. [[end life]], [[die]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>3p.61U.</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.5.8.10</span>; <b class="b3">κ. εἰς ἀπώλειαν</b> [[end]] in... <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.70</span>; τοὺς λόγους ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα -στρέφειν οἰόμενος <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Phil.</span>4</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμέρα κ. εἰς ὥραν δεκάτην</b> [[inclines]] towards... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sull.</span> 29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., metaph., <b class="b3">λέξις κατεστραμμένη</b> [[periodic]] style, opp. <b class="b3">εἰρομένη</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1409a26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>12</span>,<span class="bibl">21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[screw]] or [[stretch tight]], αἱ κατεστραμμέναι χορδαί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Aud.</span>803a28</span>.</span>