κατασπάω

English (LSJ)

fut. -άσω [ᾰ]: pf. -έσπᾰκα Ar.Eq.718:—

   A draw, pull down, μολυβδὶς ὥστε δίκτυον κατέσπασεν S.Fr.840; κατασπάσαι τινὰ τῶν τριχῶν drag one down by the hair, Ar.Lys.725; τινὰ τοῦ σκέλους Antiph.86.3; κ. τὰς πεντηκοντέρους haul them down to the sea, set them afloat, Hdt.1.164, cf. 7.193; τὰ σημεῖα κατεσπάσθη (in token of defeat), Th.1.63; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου X.An.1.9.6; κατεσπακὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of one frowning, Alciphr.3.3:—Pass., to be drawn down, τὰ κατασπώμενα . . κἀνασπώμενα, of the limbs of puppets, X.Mem.3.10.7; κατεσπασμέναι ὀφρύες, of one frowning, Arist.HA491b17; κατασπᾶσθαι ἐς ὕπνον, ἐς δάκρυα, Luc.DMar.2.2, Anach.23.    b gather fruit from, τὸν ἐλαιωνοπαράδεισον, prob. in PSI1.33.26 (iii A.D.).    2 Pass., to be displaced downwards, of a dislocated bone, Hp.Mochl. 4, 5; to be convulsed, suffer a spasm, Id.Epid.3.17.β (or perh. to be drawn, as in facial paralysis); fall into a trance, PMag.Lond.121.549.    II draw down or forth, τὰ γυναικεῖα Hp.Epid.6.8.32, cf. Arist.GA750b35; γάλα Dsc.3.58; draw off, τὸ τὴν νοῦσον παρέχον Hp.Loc.Hom.30 (Pass.); χυμοὺς κ. [τὸ λουτρόν] App.Anth.3.158.    III quaff, swallow down, Ar.Eq.718, Ra.576, Antiph.204.13.    IV pull down, οἶκον, ἄλση, LXX 2 Ch.24.7, 34.7; τὰ ὑψηλά ib. 31.1, cf. PTeb.5.134 (ii B.C., Pass.); τὴν Σμύρναν Str.14.1.37, cf. 16.2.30 (Pass.); κ. τὰς τάξεις break the ranks, Plb.1.40.13: metaph., Phld. D.1.17.    V lower, τὴν φωνήν Antyll. ap. Orib.6.9.5.    VI precipitate, Zos.Alch.p.195 B. (Pass.).    VII v. κατασπεύδω.