κατηφέω
From LSJ
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English (LSJ)
A to be downcast, to be mute with horror or grief, στῆ δὲ κατηφήσας Il.22.293; ἀκάχοντο κατήφησάν τ' ἐνὶ θυμῷ Od.16.342, cf. Call.Epigr.22, A.R.2.443, etc.; τί δαὶ κατηφεῖς ὄμμα; E.Med.1012; of animals, Arist.HA604b12; καὶ κατηφήσαι [ἂν] θεός and well might God grieve, J.BJ3.8.4 (v.l. οὓς κατέφησεν).