καταστροφή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">overturning</b>, θεσμίων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>490</span> (lyr., pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">subjugation, reduction</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">92</span>, etc.; καταστροφὴν ποιήσασθαί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.6.27</span>; ἐπὶ Λιβύων καταστροφῇ πέμπεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.4.167</span>; ἐπ' ἄλλων καταστροφῇ ἐξιέναι <span class="bibl">Th.1.15</span>: pl., καταστροφαὶ ἐθνῶν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.255 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">return</b> of vibrating string to axial position, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>921a17</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">end, close, conclusion</b>, ἄνευ δὲ λύπης οὐδαμοῦ καταστροφή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>442</span>; <b class="b3">κ. βίου</b>, i.e. death, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>103</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.5.54.4</span>, etc.; κ. τοῦ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>12</span>: without <b class="b3">βίου</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.</span> 35</span>; <b class="b3">ποία κ. εὐδαιμονεστέρα</b>; <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>4.10.17</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν τῆς κ</b>. the event of their <b class="b2">life's end</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.8.6</span>; κ. καὶ συντέλεια τῶν γεγονότων <span class="bibl">Id.3.1.9</span>; κ. λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Id.3.47.8</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν κ. τῆς βίβλου ποιεῖσθαι εἰς</b> . . <span class="bibl">Id.1.13.5</span>; in the drama, <b class="b2">dénouement, ending</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.191.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>22.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>60</span>, al., Euanth. et Donat. in <span class="title">CGF</span>pp.67,69 K.: pl., αἱ κ. τῶν δραμάτων <span class="bibl">Plb.3.48.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">ruin, undoing</b>, <b class="b3">κ. γῆς</b> (of a person) <span class="bibl">Men.548.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">crane</b>, Stud.Pal.10.259.13 (pl., vi A.D.).</span>