καταφερής: Difference between revisions

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