καταύω
From LSJ
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English (LSJ)
A = καθαιρέω, destroy, τὰν Μῶσαν καταύσεις Alcm.95; cf. καθαῦσαι· ἀφανίσαι, καταῦσαι· καταυλῆσαι (καταντλῆσαι Lobeck), καταδῦσαι, Hsch.; cf. αὔω (A), ἐν- (A), ἐξ- (B), προσ-αύω.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1387] versengen, vertilgen, Alcm. fr. 896; Eust. 1547, 60.
