καθυφίημι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">give up, surrender treacherously</b>, [<b class="b3">καιρὸν</b>] ἐάν τις ἑκὼν καθυφῇ τοῖς ἐναντίοις καὶ προδῷ <span class="bibl">D.19.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.18</span>, al.; τὰ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Id.58.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Prom.</span>5</span>; esp. in a lawsuit, <b class="b3">κ. τὸν ἀγῶνα</b> <b class="b2">conduct</b> it <b class="b2">collusively, compromise</b> it, <span class="bibl">D.21.151</span>; οὐ μόνον τῷ μὴ καθυφεῖναι ταῦτα σεμνύνομαι <span class="bibl">Id.18.107</span>: abs., <b class="b3">καθυφέντων τῶν κατηγόρων</b> <b class="b2">when</b> they <b class="b2">let the action drop</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.23.96</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med., <b class="b3">καθυφίεσθαί τινι</b> <b class="b2">give way, yield</b>, c. dat. pers., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.23</span>; <b class="b3">ἔν τινι</b> <b class="b2">slacken</b>, ἐν μάχαις <span class="bibl">Polyaen.8.24.1</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Abd.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Med., with pf. Pass., used trans. like the Act., εἰ καθυφείμεθά τι τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">D. 3.8</span>; καθυφεῖντο ἑαυτούς <span class="bibl">Plb.3.60.4</span>; ἐπ' ἀργυρίῳ τὸ τίμημα καθυφειμένος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>8</span>; οὐδὲν… καθυφηκάμην <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.16.4</span>; <b class="b3">-ίενται τὴν τοῦ</b> ἑνὸς τιμήν <span class="bibl">Ph.2.220</span>.</span>