καταπισσόω

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μοῦνοι Ἑλλήνων δὴ μουνομαχήσαντες τῷ Πέρσῃ → alone of all Greeks we met the Persian singlehandedly, alone of all Greeks having fought singlehanded with the Persians

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Transliteration A: katapissóō Transliteration B: katapissoō Transliteration C: katapissoo Beta Code: katapisso/w

English (LSJ)

Att. καταπιττόω,

   A cover with pitch, as was done to winejars, etc., Cratin.189 (Pass.), Ar.Ec.1109, Gal.17(2).164: metaph., paint black, opp. καταχρυσόω (in v. 826), κατεπίττου πᾶς ἀνὴρ Εὐριπίδην Ar.Ec.829.    II tar and burn (as a punishment), Heraclid. Pont. ap. Ath.12.524a:—Pass., Pl.Grg.473c.