κατηφέω
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
A to be downcast, to be mute with horror or grief, στῆ δὲ κατηφήσας Il.22.293; ἀκάχοντο κατήφησάν τ' ἐνὶ θυμῷ Od.16.342, cf. Call.Epigr.22, A.R.2.443, etc.; τί δαὶ κατηφεῖς ὄμμα; E.Med.1012; of animals, Arist.HA604b12; καὶ κατηφήσαι [ἂν] θεός and well might God grieve, J.BJ3.8.4 (v.l. οὓς κατέφησεν).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1401] niedergeschlagen, bestürzt, beschämt sein; στῆ δὲ κατηφήσας Il. 22, 292; μνηστῆρες δ' ἀκάχοντο κατήφησάν τ' ἐνὶ θυμῷ Od. 16, 342; τί δὴ κατηφεῖς ὄμμα; was schlägst du das Auge nieder? Eur. Med. 1008; sp. D., wie Csilim. 59 (VII, 517); Arist. H. A. 8, 29 u. Sp.
