καταράσσω

English (LSJ)

Att. καταράττω,

   A dash down, break in pieces, ὁ παῖς ἐμπεσὼν κατήραξε (sc. τὴν κύλικα) Hippon.38:—Pass., ἡ θύρη κατήρακται Herod.2.63: metaph., διασείειν καὶ κ. τὰ βουλεύματα cj. for ταράττειν in Luc.Dem.Enc.38; esp. of a broken and routed army, τοὺς λοιποὺς κατήραξεν ἐς τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα Hdt.9.69; κ. εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἅπαντας D. 23.165; τὸ στράτευμα κατηράχθη εἰς τὰ τειχίσματα Th.7.6, cf. D.H.9.58, Arr.An.5.17.2: fut. Med. in pass. sense, Plu.Caes.44.    II of sea-birds, κ. αὑτοὺς εἰς τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν dash down head foremost, Arist.Mir.836a13: but more freq.    2 intr., fall down, fall headlong, Clearch.44; of rain, Arist.Mu.392b10; of rivers, εἰς τὸ Χάσμα κ. D.S.17.75, cf. Plb.10.48.7, Str.14.4.1: c. gen., τοῦ ἀγγείου, of a stream of water, Gal.10.554. (Freq. written καταρρ-, augm. κατερρ-, in part perh. correctly, if fr. κατα-ρρᾱσσω, cf. ῥάσσω, ἐπιρράσσω.)