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|mdlsjtxt=ionic κατ- fut. ήσω fut. 2 [[καθελῶ]] aor2 [[καθεῖλον]] inf. [[καθελεῖν]] Pass., aor1 καθῃρέθην perf. -ῄρημαι<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[take]] down, καθείλομεν [[ἱστία]] we lowered [[sail]], Od.; κ. [[ἄχθος]] to [[take]] a [[load]] down, i. e. off one's shoulders, Ar.:—Mid., καταιρεῖσθαι τὰ τόξα to [[take]] down one's bow, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to put down or [[close]] the eyes of the [[dead]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of sorcerers, to [[bring]] down, Lat. [[caelo]] deducere, σελήνην Ar., Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[κατά]] με [[πέδον]] γᾶς ἕλοι (in tmesi) may [[earth]] [[swallow]] me! Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to put down by [[force]], [[destroy]], Od., Trag.: [[simply]] to [[kill]], [[slay]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in a milder [[sense]], to put down, [[reduce]], Hdt., Dem., etc.: to [[depose]], [[dethrone]], Hdt.; κ. τὸ λῃστικόν to [[remove]] it [[utterly]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[rase]] to the [[ground]], [[pull]] down, τὰς πόλεις Thuc.; τῶν τειχῶν a [[part]] of the walls, Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[cancel]], [[rescind]], τὸ [[ψήφισμα]] Thuc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> as [[attic]] law-[[term]], to [[condemn]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to [[reduce]] in [[flesh]], Plut.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[overpower]], [[seize]], κὰδ δέ μιν [[ὕπνος]] ᾕρει (in tmesi) Od.; καθ. τινὰ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ to [[catch]] in the act of [[folly]], Soph.: c. gen. partis, κ. τῶν [[ὤτων]] to [[seize]] by the ears, Theocr.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to [[fetch]] down as a [[reward]] or [[prize]], καθαιρεῖν ἀγῶνα or [[ἀγώνισμα]] Plut.: metaph. to [[achieve]], Pind.; so in Mid., φόνῳ καθαιρεῖσθ', οὐ λόγῳ, τὰ πράγματα Eur.; in Pass., Hdt.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> [[more]] [[rarely]] like the [[simple]] [[αἱρέω]], to [[take]] and [[carry]] off, [[seize]], Hdt.