καταστρέφω

English (LSJ)

pf. κατέστραφα (trans.) Plb.23.11.2:—Pass., fut. -

   A στρᾰφήσομαι D.C.42.42: pf. imper. κατεστρέφθω Epicur. (v. infr.): plpf. 3sg. -έστραπτο Hdn. (v. infr.); 3pl. -εστράφατο D.C.39.5:— turn down, trample on, ποσσί h.Ap.73; turn the soil, X.Oec.17.10; κάνθαρον κ. turn it upside down, so as to drain it, Alex.115, cf. Sotad. Com.1.33, LXX 4 Ki.21.13; κατεστραμμένῳ τῷ ὀστράκῳ Arist.HA 622b8.    II upset, overturn, τὴν πόλιν κ. Ar.Eq.274; τὰς εἰκόνας D.L.5.82; ruin, undo, βίον καὶ τέκνα καὶ πόλεις Plb.23.11.2; τινα AP 11.163 (Lucill.):—Pass., τὰ προάστεια κατέστραπτο Hdn.8.4.8.    2 Med., subject to oneself, subdue, πολέμῳ Hdt.1.64, cf. 71, al., Th.3.13, D.18.244, etc.; νόσον E.Hipp.477; τοὺς μὲν κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν subdued and made them tributary, Hdt.1.6: c. inf., Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι Id.7.51.    3 Pass., in aor. and pf., to be subdued, Id.1.130,68: plpf., Th.5.29: c.inf., ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι am constrained to hear, A.Ag.956: pf. Pass. also in sense of Med., Hdt.1.171; πάντα κατέστραπται καὶ ἔχει D.4.6, cf. X.HG5.2.38, Isoc.5.21.    III of a floating solid, right itself, Archim. Fluit. 2.9 (Pass.).    b intr., return, εἰς ταὐτόν Arist.Pr.921a26, cf. Mech. 856b17.    IV turn round, direct, [καταπάλτην] train it on the enemy, Ph.Bel.82.14; esp. towards an end, ποῖ καταστρέφεις λόγων τελευτήν; A.Pers.787; οὕτω κατέστρεψεν ἡ τύχη ταῦτα, ὥστ' ἐναντία γενέσθαι τοῖς προσδοκωμένοις Din.1.32; κατέστρεψεν εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν τοὺς λόγους guided the conversations to a friendly end, Aeschin.2.39: hence, bring to an end, κ. τὴν βίβλον, τὸν λόγον, Plb.3.118.10, 22.9.4 (Pass., ταῦτα μὲν αὐτοῦ κατεστρέφθω Epicur.Nat.14.6); esp. κ. τὸν βίον Cebes 10, Ael.NA13.21, Plu.Thes.19,etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Id.Comp.Sol.Publ.1: abs., come to an end, close, Plb.4.2.1; τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ -στρέφοντος Plu.Caes.51; esp. end life, die, Epicur.Ep.3p.61U., Plu.Them.31, Arr.An.7.3.1, Hdn.5.8.10; κ. εἰς ἀπώλειαν end in... Alciphr.3.70; τοὺς λόγους ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα -στρέφειν οἰόμενος Plu. Phil.4; ἡ ἡμέρα κ. εἰς ὥραν δεκάτην inclines towards... Id.Sull. 29.    2 Rhet., metaph., λέξις κατεστραμμένη periodic style, opp. εἰρομένη, Arist.Rh.1409a26, cf. Demetr.Eloc.12,21.    V screw or stretch tight, αἱ κατεστραμμέναι χορδαί Arist.Aud.803a28.