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|Definition=Adv., (κατά): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> with Verbs implying Motion, [[downwards]], ἐπισκύνιον κ. ἕλκεται <span class="bibl">Il.17.136</span>; κ. ὁρόων <span class="bibl">Od.23.91</span>; κατὰ τείχεος κ. ῥίπτειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.53</span>; κατώρυξέν με κατὰ τῆς γῆς κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>238</span>; χώρει κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>74</span>; κ. δάκρυ' εἰβομένη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>527</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>384</span>; esp. of the nether world, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>839</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>197</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κ. βλέπειν, φέρεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>500b</span>, <span class="bibl">584e</span>; <b class="b3">κ. διεχώρει αὐτοῖς</b> they suffered from diarrhoea, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.20</span>; <b class="b3">φάρμακον πῖσαι κ</b>. give a purgative, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aff.</span>32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15</span>; <b class="b3">κ. βοηθεῖν</b> go [[down]] to help, <span class="bibl">D.32.5</span>; for <b class="b3">ἄνω καὶ κάτω, ἄνω κάτω</b>, etc., v. [[ἄνω]] (B) A. 11.2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[downwards]], in a chain of causes, ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἰέναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>994a19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., [[down from]], πετρῶν ὦσαι κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>448</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> with Verbs implying Rest (so more freq. in Prose), [[beneath]], [[below]], opp. [[ἄνω]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>301</span>, etc.: ὁ τόπος ὁ κ. καλούμενος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>112c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[in the world below]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>660</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>1563</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ κ</b>. [[the dead]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>865</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>75</span>, etc.; οἱ κ. θεοί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>292</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>851</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> geographically [[below]], [[southward]], Hdt., v. [[ἄνω]] (B) A. 11.1e; also <b class="b3">κ. οἰκεῖν</b> to dwell [[on the coast]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.7</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">οἱ τὴν μεσόγειαν κατῳκημένοι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">120</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ. κ. Γαλατία</b> [[lower]] Galatia, Plu <span class="title">Aem.</span>9, etc.; βασιλεὺς τῶν τε ἄνω καὶ τῶν κ. χωρῶν <span class="title">OGI</span>90.3 (Rosetta, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> in the race-course, <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. <b class="b2">the starting-place</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ἄνω</b> (the goal), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">τὰ κ. τῶν μελῶν</b> [[the lower]] limbs of the body, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>794d</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κ. κοιλία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἡ ἄνω</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>360b24</span>.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>676a5</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ τὰ κ. χωρεῖν</b> [[miscarry]], [[fail]], <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Ind.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">f</span> of Time, [[afterwards]], [[later]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>5.13</span>; οἱ κ. χρόνοι <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Cor.</span>25</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">οἱ πάλαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ χρόνου κ</b>. [[later]] in time, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">NA</span>2.18</span>; <b class="b3">Δαρεῖος ὁ κ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">6.48</span>; cf. [[ἄνω]] (B) A.11.1i. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">g</span> in Logic, <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. [[the lower members]] in a descending series of genera and species, Arist.<span class="title">AP</span>0.97a31, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>992a18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> c. gen., [[under]], [[below]], <b class="b3">κ. χθονός, γῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>1023</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>968</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Comp. [[κατωτέρω]] [[lower]], [[downwards]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>70</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.173.2</span>: c. gen., [[lower than]], [[below]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.132</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Sup. [[κατωτάτω]] [[at the lowest part]], τὰ κ. <span class="bibl">Id.2.125</span> (but in signf. ''ΙΙ''.g, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>29</span>).</span>