κατάπηξ
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
πηγος, ὁ, ἡ,
A fixed in the ground, EM194.24. II as Subst. καταπήξ, πῆγος, ὁ, pivot of door-post, J.BJ6.5.3; post, PPetr. 3p.121 (iii B. C.), Apollod.Poliorc.189.9, Sm.Jb.38.6. 2 graft, Gp.10.65.2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κατάπηξ: -ηγος, ὁ, ἡ, ἐμπεπηγμένος εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος, Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ. 194. 24. ΙΙ. ὡς οὐσιαστ. καταπήξ, -ῆγος, ὁ, πάσσαλος, ὅστις καταπήγνυται εἰς τὴν γῆν (παλοῦκι), Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Πόλ. 6. 5, 3 (πρβλ. σταυρός)·- «τὰ πηγνύμενα ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι ξύλα, ἐφ’ ὧν ἔδει συνέχεσθαι τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ ῥεύματος καθιέμενα»· Σουΐδ.- εἶδος σύρτου, ἐπιβλής, «πύλη μοχλοῖς σιδηροδέτοις καταπῆγας ἔχουσα βαθυτάτους» Ἡσύχ. 2) ἐγκέντρισμα, «μπόλι» (= ἐπίπηξ), Γεωπ. 10. 65, 2.- Περὶ τοῦ τονισμοῦ ἴδε Λοβεκ. Παραλ. 279.
