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|Definition=pf. [[κατέστραφα]] (trans.) Plb.23.11.2:—Pass., fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> καταστρᾰφήσομαι D.C.42.42: pf. imper. κατεστρέφθω Epicur. (v. infr.): plpf. 3sg. κατέστραπτο Hdn. (v. infr.); 3pl. κατεστράφατο D.C.39.5:—[[turn down]], [[trample on]], ποσσί ''h.Ap.''73; [[turn the soil]], X.''Oec.''17.10; <b class="b3">κάνθαρον κ.</b> [[turn]] it [[upside down]], so as to drain it, Alex.115, cf. Sotad. Com.1.33, [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''21.13; κατεστραμμένῳ τῷ ὀστράκῳ [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 622b8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[upset]], [[overturn]], τὴν πόλιν κ. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''274; τὰς εἰκόνας D.L.5.82; [[ruin]], [[undo]], βίον καὶ τέκνα καὶ πόλεις Plb.23.11.2; τινα ''AP'' 11.163 (Lucill.):—Pass., τὰ προάστεια κατέστραπτο Hdn.8.4.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Med., [[subject to oneself]], [[subdue]], πολέμῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.64, cf. 71, al., Th.3.13, D.18.244, etc.; νόσον E.''Hipp.''477; <b class="b3">τοὺς μὲν κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν</b> [[subdued and made]] them tributary, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.6: c. inf., Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι Id.7.51.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., in aor. and pf., to [[be subdued]], Id.1.130,68: plpf., Th.5.29: c.inf., <b class="b3">ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι</b> [[am constrained]] to hear, A.''Ag.''956: pf. Pass. also in sense of Med., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.171; πάντα κατέστραπται καὶ ἔχει D.4.6, cf. X.''HG''5.2.38, Isoc.5.21.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of a floating solid, [[right itself]], Archim. ''Fluit.'' 2.9 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> intr., [[return]], εἰς ταὐτόν Arist.''Pr.''921a26, cf. ''Mech.'' 856b17.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[turn round]], [[direct]], ([[καταπάλτην]]) [[train]] it on the enemy, Ph.''Bel.''82.14; esp. towards an end, <b class="b3">ποῖ καταστρέφεις λόγων τελευτήν</b>; [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''787; οὕτω κατέστρεψεν ἡ τύχη ταῦτα, ὥστ' ἐναντία γενέσθαι τοῖς προσδοκωμένοις Din.1.32; <b class="b3">κατέστρεψεν εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν τοὺς λόγους</b> [[guided]] the conversations [[to]] a friendly [[end]], Aeschin.2.39: hence, [[bring to an end]], <b class="b3">κ. τὴν βίβλον, τὸν λόγον</b>, Plb.3.118.10, 22.9.4 (Pass., ταῦτα μὲν αὐτοῦ κατεστρέφθω Epicur.''Nat.''14.6); esp. <b class="b3">κ. τὸν βίον</b> Cebes 10, Ael.''NA''13.21, Plu.''Thes.''19,etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Id.''Comp.Sol.Publ.''1: abs., [[come to an end]], [[close]], Plb.4.2.1; τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καταστρέφοντος Plu.''Caes.''51; esp. [[end life]], [[die]], Epicur.''Ep.''3p.61U., Plu.''Them.''31, Arr.''An.''7.3.1, Hdn.5.8.10; <b class="b3">κ. εἰς ἀπώλειαν</b> [[end]] in... Alciphr.3.70; τοὺς λόγους ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα καταστρέφειν οἰόμενος Plu. ''Phil.''4; <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμέρα κ. εἰς ὥραν δεκάτην</b> [[inclines]] towards... Id.''Sull.'' 29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., metaph., <b class="b3">λέξις κατεστραμμένη</b> [[periodic]] style, opp. [[εἰρομένη]], Arist.''Rh.''1409a26, cf. Demetr.''Eloc.''12,21.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[screw]] or [[stretch tight]], αἱ κατεστραμμέναι χορδαί Arist.''Aud.''803a28.