καταινώ

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ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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Greek Monolingual

καταινῶ, -έω (Α)
1. συμφωνώ, επιδοκιμάζω
2. συμφωνώ με κάποιον όρο
3. αποδέχομαι, υπόσχομαι, ομολογώ
4. υπόσχομαι
5. αρραβωνιάζω θυγατέρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + αἰνῶ «συγκατατίθεμαι» (< αἶνος)].