καταφερής

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τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies

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Transliteration A: katapherḗs Transliteration B: katapherēs Transliteration C: kataferis Beta Code: kataferh/s

English (LSJ)

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   A going down, εὖτ' ἂν κ. γίνηται ὁ ἥλιος when the sun is near setting, Hdt.2.63; of ground, sloping, X. Cyn.10.9, PLille 1v1 (iii B.C.); κ. ἐπί τι inclined towards... Hp.Art. 57; πρός τι, opp. εὐθεῖα, ib.75; κ. φυγή downhill, Plb.2.68.7; κ. κοιλία, of diarrhoea, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.7.21: metaph., headlong, rapid, ῥύσις τῆς λέξεως D.H.Dem.40.    II inclined, prone, esp. to sen- sual pleasures, εἰς λίθων βολάς prob. in Phld.Ir.p.31 W.; πρὸς οἶνον, πρὸς τἀφροδίσια, Plu.Alex.23, Ath.13.589d: abs., lecherous, D.L.4.40, Sor.1.38 (Comp.), Phot. s.v. μύραινα: freq. written κατωφερής (q. v.).