κατείβω

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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120
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Transliteration A: kateíbō Transliteration B: kateibō Transliteration C: kateivo Beta Code: katei/bw

English (LSJ)

poet. for καταλείβω,

   A let flow down, shed, τί νυ δάκρυ κατείβετον Od.21.86:—Med., flow apace, θαλερὸν δὲ κατείβετο δάκρυ παρειῶν Il.24.794; τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Styx's downward flowing water, Od.5.185: metaph., κατείβετο δὲ γλυκὺς αἰών life was flowing, passing away, ib.152: rare in Att., τί δάκρυον κατείβεται; Ar.Lys. 127 (paratrag.).    II trans., flood, overflow, metaph., Ἔρος κατείβων καρδίαν Alcm.36:—Pass., overflow with, γλυκερῇ κατείβετο θυμὸν ἀνίῃ, A.R.3.290; κατείβετο θυμὸς ἀκουῇ ib.1131.