καταφερής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[going down]], εὖτ᾽ ἂν δὲ γίνηται καταφερὴς ὁ [[ἥλιος]] = [[when]] the [[sun]] is [[near]] [[setting]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.63</span>; of [[ground]], [[sloping]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span> 1v1</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">καταφερὴς ἐπί τι</b> [[inclined]] [[towards]]... <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span> 57</span>; <b class="b3">πρός τι</b>, opp. [[εὐθεῖα]], ib.<span class="bibl">75</span>; <b class="b3">καταφερὴς φυγή</b> [[downhill]], <span class="bibl">Plb.2.68.7</span>; [[καταφερὴς κοιλία]], of [[diarrhoea]], Dieuch. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.4.7.21</span>: metaph., [[headlong]], [[rapid]], [[ῥύσις]] τῆς λέξεως <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[inclined]], [[prone]], esp. to [[sensual]] [[pleasure]]s, <b class="b3">εἰς λίθων βολάς</b> prob. in Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.31 W.; <b class="b3">πρὸς οἶνον, πρὸς τἀφροδίσια</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.13.589d</span>: abs., [[lecherous]], <span class="bibl">D.L.4.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.38</span> (Comp.), Phot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[μύραινα]]: freq. written [[κατωφερής]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).</span>