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