καταφερής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[going down]], <b class="b3">εὖτ' ἂν κ. γίνηται ὁ</b> [[ἥλιος]] when the sun is [[near setting]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.63</span>; of ground, [[sloping]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span> 1v1</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">κ. ἐπί τι</b> [[inclined]] towards... <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span> 57</span>; <b class="b3">πρός τι</b>, opp. [[εὐθεῖα]], ib.<span class="bibl">75</span>; <b class="b3">κ. φυγή</b> [[downhill]], <span class="bibl">Plb.2.68.7</span>; <b class="b3">κ. κοιλία</b>, of [[diarrhoea]], Dieuch. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.4.7.21</span>: metaph., [[headlong]], [[rapid]], ῥύσις τῆς λέξεως <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[inclined]], [[prone]], esp. to sen- sual pleasures, <b class="b3">εἰς λίθων βολάς</b> prob. in Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.31 W.; <b class="b3">πρὸς οἶνον, πρὸς τἀφροδίσια</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.13.589d</span>: abs., [[lecherous]], <span class="bibl">D.L.4.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.38</span> (Comp.), Phot. s.v. [[μύραινα]]: freq. written [[κατωφερής]] (q. v.).</span>