κατασήπω

English (LSJ)

   A cause or allow to rot, X.Cyr.8.2.21:—Pass., rot away, ib.8.2.22; μὴ . . κατὰ Χρόα πάντα σᾰπήῃ Il.19.27; ἕως ἂν κατασαπῇ Pl. Phd.86d; -σαπέντων τῶν καρπῶν CPHerm.6.16 (iii A.D.): so in pf. -σέσηπα Ar.Pl.1035, Philetaer.9.    2 metaph., cause or allow to linger, τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν τοῖς πάθεσι Gal.10.264:—Pass., pine away, -σήπεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης ib.263; πρὸς ταῖς ἀλλοτρίαις θύραις -σαπῆναι Arr.Epict.4.10.20.