καταμαραίνω
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
English (LSJ)
aor.
A -εμάρᾱνα Ph.1.266:—cause to wither, Thphr. Ign.10, Ph.l.c.; make lean, Luc.Tim.17:—Pass., die away, of dropsical swellings, Hp.Prorrh.2.6; τὸ πῦρ κ. Arist.Resp.479a14, cf. Thphr.HP5.9.3, etc.; τὸ πάθος (sc. τοῦ σεισμοῦ) κ. Arist.Mete.368a7; of persons, πρὶν ἀνθῆσαι . . κ. Plu.2.804e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1362] dürr, welk, kraftlos machen, Theophr. u. Sp. – Pass. verwelken, hinschwinden; καταμαραίνεται τὸ πῦρ Arist. de respirat. 17; Sp.; πολλοὶ πρὶν ἀνθῆσαι περὶ τὸ βῆμα κατεμαράνθησαν Plut. rein. ger. pr. 10.
