κατείβω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. for <b class="b3">καταλείβω</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">let flow down, shed</b>, τί νυ δάκρυ κατείβετον <span class="bibl">Od.21.86</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">flow apace</b>, θαλερὸν δὲ κατείβετο δάκρυ παρειῶν <span class="bibl">Il.24.794</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ</b> Styx's <b class="b2">downward flowing</b> water, <span class="bibl">Od.5.185</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κατείβετο δὲ γλυκὺς αἰών</b> life <b class="b2">was flowing, passing away</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">152</span>: rare in Att., <b class="b3">τί δάκρυον κατείβεται</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 127</span> (paratrag.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> trans., <b class="b2">flood, overflow</b>, metaph., Ἔρος κατείβων καρδίαν <span class="bibl">Alcm.36</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">overflow with</b>, <b class="b3">γλυκερῇ κατείβετο θυμὸν ἀνίῃ</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.290</span>; <b class="b3">κατείβετο θυμὸς ἀκουῇ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1131</span>.</span>