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κατασπεύδω

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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Transliteration A: kataspeúdō Transliteration B: kataspeudō Transliteration C: kataspeydo Beta Code: kataspeu/dw

English (LSJ)

   A urge, hasten on, πρᾶγμα Aeschin.3.67, cf. LXX Ex. 5.13:—Pass., of words, to be urgent or rapid, κατεσπεῦσθαι τὴν φράσιν D.H. Comp.20 (Upton for κατεσπάσθαι) κατεσπεῦσθαι (v.l. -εσπάσθαι) τὴν λέξιν Gal.16.548; τὰ κατεσπευσμένα Longin.19.2; ἡ ἁρμονία οὐ κ. Id.40.4.    2 agitate, dismay, τινα LXX Da.4.16(19).    II intr., make haste, hasten, ib.De.33.2.