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καταχαλάω

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Transliteration A: katachaláō Transliteration B: katachalaō Transliteration C: katachalao Beta Code: kataxala/w

English (LSJ)

   A let down, τινὰς διὰ θυρίδος LXX Jo.2.15.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταχᾰλάω: ἐπὶ τὰ κάτω χαλῶ, καταβιβάζω (διὰ σχοινίου), τινα διὰ θυρίδος Ἑβδ. (Ἰησ. Ν. Β΄, 15), πρβλ. Γεώργ. Παχυμ. (Μιχ. Παλ. σ. 220) κ. σχοίνοις· «καταχαλάω· καθίημι» Ἡσύχ. ΙΙ. εἶμαι χαλαρὸς ἢ ἀμελής, κατ. τῆς εὐγενείας Θεόδωρ. Μετοχ.· ἀμεταβ., τὸ θερμὸν καὶ ἔντονον ψυχροῦται καὶ καταχαλᾷ Γεώργ. Παχυμ. ΙΙΙ. διαλύω, καταστρέφω,, «χαλνῶ», Βυζ.