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κατακωμάζω

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: katakōmázō Transliteration B: katakōmazō Transliteration C: katakomazo Beta Code: katakwma/zw

English (LSJ)

   A burst riotously in upon, τὸ δαιμόνιον κατεκώμασε δώμασιν E.Ph.352.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1358] daherschwärmen (s. das simplex); vom Unglück, einbrechen, einstürmen, τὸ δαιμόνιον κατεκώμασε δώμασιν Οἰδιπόδα Eur. Phoen. 355.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κατακωμάζω: εἰσορμῶ ἐν παραφορᾷ ὡς οἱ εὐθυμοῦντες, οἱ κωμάζοντες, ὡς τὸ εἰσκωμάζω· καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς δυστυχίας, ὡς, τὸ δαιμόνιον κατεκώμασε δώμασιν, ἐπέπεσεν, ἐνέσκψεν, Εὐριπ. Φοίν. 352.

French (Bailly abrégé)

insulter, outrager.
Étymologie: κατά, κωμάζω.

Greek Monolingual

κατακωμάζω (Α)
μτφ. (για τη δυστυχία) ορμώ με δύναμη, ενσκήπτω παράφορα («τὸ δαιμόνιον κατεκώμασε δώμασιν», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + κωμάζω «ενσκήπτω, ορμώ με δύναμη»].