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|mdlsjtxt=ionic κατ- fut. καθήσω aor1 [[καθῆκα]] epic [[καθέηκα]] perf. [[καθεῖκα]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[send]] [[down]], let [[fall]], Lat. demittere, Hom., etc.; [[ἱστία]] ἐς [[νῆας]] [[κάθεμεν]] (1st pl. aor2) we let [[down]], lowered the sails, Od.; κ. ἄγκυραν Hdt.; κ. καταπειρητηρίην to let [[down]] a [[sounding]]-[[line]], Hdt.; καθιέναι to [[sound]], Plat.; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let [[down]] his legs, of one who had been [[lying]] [[down]], Plat.; κ. [[δόρυ]] to let [[down]] one's [[pike]], [[bring]] it to the [[rest]], Xen.; κ. τὰς κώπας to let [[down]] the oars, so as to [[stop]] the [[ship]]'s way, Thuc.:—[[rarely]] of [[striking]], δι' ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν [[ἔγχος]] Eur.; [[γόνυ]] καθεῖσαν sank on [[their]] [[knee]], Eur.:— Pass. to [[come]] [[down]], of a cow's [[udder]], Hdt.; καθεῖτο τὰ τείχη the walls were carried [[down]] to the [[water]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[send]] [[down]] [[into]] the [[arena]], [[enter]] for [[racing]], ἅρματα, ζεύγη Thuc.; τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε has entered [[this]] [[plea]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to set at, Lat. immittere, Luc.:—Pass. to be put in [[motion]], ἡ [[στρατηλασίη]] κατίετο ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[seemingly]] intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν), to [[swoop]] [[down]] like a [[wind]], Ar.; of rivers, to run [[down]], Plat.; κ. εἰς [[γόνυ]] to [[sink]] on the [[knee]], Plut.

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