καταλύω

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fut.

   A -λύσω Od.4.28: 3pl. plpf. -λελύκεσαν Hdn.8.4.2:—Pass., fut. -λῠθήσομαι Pl.Lg.714c, D. 38.22 (fut. Med. in pass. sense, v. infr. 1.2a): pf. -λέλῠμαι Th.6.36:— put down, destroy, πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα Il.2.117, 9.24; τείχη, [πτόλιν], E.Tr.819, 1080 (both lyr.); γέφυραν break it up, Hdn. l. c.    2 of political or other systems, dissolve, break up, put down, κ. ἀρχήν, βασιληΐην, ἰσοκρατίας, Hdt.1.53,54, 5.92.ά; τοῦ Διὸς τὴν δύναμιν Ar.Pl.142; τὸ κράτος τῆς βουλῆς Plu.Per.7; τὰς προσόδους τὰς Μιλησίων SIG633.40 (Milet., ii B. C.): freq. in Att., κ. τὸν δῆμον Ar.Ec. 453, Th.3.81; τὴν δημοκρατίαν Ar.Pl.948; τὰς πολιτείας Decr. ap. D. 18.182:—Pass., καταλελυμένης τῆς δημοκρατίας Lex ap.And.1.96, cf. 95, Lys.13.4, Arist.Pol.1292a29: fut. Med. as Pass., καταλύσεται . . ἡ ἀρχή (Cobet καταλελύσεται) X.Cyr.1.6.9.    b c. acc. pers., put down, depose, κ. τύραννον Th.1.18, etc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς X.Cyr.8.5.24:— Pass., τῶν ἄλλων καταλελυμένων στρατηγῶν having been dismissed, Hdt.6.43; καταλυθῆναι τῆς ἀρχῆς Id.1.104, cf. 6.9.    c dissolve, dismiss, disband a body, καταλύειν τὴν βουλήν, τὸν στόλον, Id.5.72, 7.16.β; τῶν πόλεων τά τε βουλευτήρια καὶ τὰς ἀρχάς Th.2.15; τὸ ναυτικόν D.18.102 (Pass.).    d abolish or annul laws, customs, etc., δίκην Gorg.Pal.17; νόμους Isoc.6.66 (Pass.), Plb.3.8.2, cf.Ev.Matt.5.17; ψήφισμα Michel725.20 (ii B.C.); also κ. τὸν ἱππέα render him useless, X.Eq.12.5.    e τὴν φυλακὴν κ. neglect the watch, Ar.V.2, cf. Arist.Pol.1308a29; τὴν φρουράν Pl.Lg.762c; τὴν κοινὴν φυλακὴν καταλυθῆναι βούλεται Din.1.112.    f κ. τὴν τριηραρχίαν lay it down, Isoc.18.59; τὴν ἄσκησιν, v. infr. 3a.    3 bring to an end, τὸν βίον X. Ap.7; ἐς Ἅιδαν καταλύσουσ' ἔμμοχθον βίοτον E.Supp.1004(lyr.); μώμου ἀδικίαν καὶ δόξης ἀμαθίαν Gorg.Hel.21; ἐλπίδα Th.2.89; δόξα, ἣν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ -λῦσαι D.10.73; κ. τὸ πλεῖν, τὴν ἄροσιν, Id.33.4, Ael.NA13.1; κ. τὰς θυσίας Lys.30.17, Isoc.6.68; τὰ γυμνάσια And.4.39; τὸν λόγον Aeschin.2.126, Isoc.12.176; τοὺς λόγους περὶ τὰ μέγιστα κ. ib.199: abs., make an end, ὥρᾳ κ. die in good time, Diocl.Com.14, cf.Philostr.VA8.28; πύκτης ὢν κατέλυσε retired from the ring, AP11.79 (Lucill.), cf. 161 (Id.) (in full -λῦσαι τὴν ἄσκησιν Gal.Protr.14); καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Χοροῖς ἐν τῷ καταλύειν in the ending, Arist.Pr.921a20: also pf. part. Pass. καταλελυμένος disused, obsolete, Phld.Mus.p.68 K.    b κ. τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν εἰρήνην break the peace, Aeschin.3.55; but,    c more commonly, κ. τὸν πόλεμον end the war, make peace, Ar.Lys.112, Th.7.31, X.An.5.7.27, etc.; δίκας settle disputes, IG5(2).357.15 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): abs. (sc. τὸν πόλεμον), Foed. ap. Th.5.23; πρός τινα Foed.ib.8.58:—more freq. in Med., καταλύσασθαι τὰς ἔχθρας, componere inimicitias, Hdt.7.146; τὸν πόλεμον And.3.17, Th.6.36; στάσιν Ar.Ra.359: abs., make peace, Hdt. 8.140.ά, Th.1.81, X.HG6.8.6, etc.; καταλύεσθαί τινι come to terms with one, Hdt.9.11, etc.    4 Pass., ἤδη καταλελυμένης τῆς ἡλικίας in the decay of life, Arist.Pol.1335a34.    II unloose, unyoke, καταλύσομεν ἵππους Od.4.28; τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ. take it down from the wall where it was hung up, Hdt.2.121.γ:—Pass., to be taken down from hanging, Hp.Aph.2.43.    2 intr., take up one's quarters, lodge, παρ' ἐμοὶ καταλύει he is my guest, Pl.Grg.447b, cf. Prt.311a, D.18.82: abs., Pl.Prt.315d: c. acc., κ. παρά τινα turn off the road to a person's house, go and lodge with him, Th.1.136; κ. εἰς πανδοκεῖον Aeschin.2.97; Μεγαροῖ Pl.Tht.142c; ἐν τῷ ἱαρῷ SIG978.8(Cnidos, iii B.C.):—Med., θανάτῳ καταλυσαίμαν may I take my rest in the grave, E.Med.146 (anap.).