κατακλάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A) [ᾱ], Att. for [[κατακλαίω]] ([[lament]], [[grieve for]]) ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).<br /><br />(B) [ᾰ], impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> κατέκλων Il.20.227, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.62: aor. 1 κατέκλᾰσα Pl.''Phd.''117d:—Pass., pf. and aor. (v. infr.):—[[break short]], [[snap off]], <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀνθερίκων καρπὸν θέον οὐδὲ κατέκλων</b> Il.l.c.; κατεκλάσθη δ' ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος 13.608; τὰ δόρατα κατέκλων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] [[l.c.]], cf. Pi.''P.''5.34; [[φυτευτήριον|φυτευτήρια]] ἐλαῶν D.53.15; <b class="b3">κατὰ δ' αὐχένα νέρθ' ἐπὶ γαίης κλάσσε</b> [[bow]]ed it down, Theoc.25.146; <b class="b3">κατακλάω τὸν ὀφθαλμόν</b> [[ogle]], Phryn.''PS''p.79 B.; but <b class="b3">ὄμματα κατακεκλασμένα</b> eyes [[with]] [[droop]]ing [[lid]]s, Arist.''Phgn.'' 808a8; τὸ σῶμα… κατακέκλασται = has been [[crush]]ed, PMasp.77.12 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[break down]], <b class="b3">οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε</b> he broke us all down, Pl.''Phd.''l.c.; πάθος, εἴτ' οἶκτος εἴτ' αἰδώς, κατέκλασε τὴν διάνοιαν Plu.''Tim.''7; ([[Ἔρως]]) κατακλάσας τὸ σοβαρόν Id.2.767f:—more freq. in Pass., ἐμοί γε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ, κλαῖον δ' ἐν ψαμάθοισι καθήμενος Od.4.538; of fear, ἡμῖν δ' αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ δεισάντων 9.256, cf. 10.198; τὸ θράσος κατεκέκλαστο Plu. ''Fab.''11; of passion, ἐρώτων… νόσῳ φρένας… κατεκλάσθη E.''Hipp.''766 (lyr.); of pity, οὐδὲ κατεκλάσθης Call.''Del.''107; of persuasion, D.L. 7.114.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[κατακεκλασμένος]] = [[reduced by fever]], Hp.''Coac.''510: metaph., of character, to [[become enfeebled]], [[degenerate]], Aristeas 149: in pf. part. Pass., [[enervated]], [[effeminate]], of men, ''Com.Adesp.''339.2; <b class="b3">γραφαὶ κ.</b> [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''18:—Act., <b class="b3">κ. ἑαυτόν</b>, of an [[effeminate]] [[dancer]], Luc.''Symp.''18, ''Salt.''27.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., of [[light]], to [[be refracted]], opp. [[ἀνακλᾶσθαι]] (to [[be reflected]]), ὄψεως κατακλωμένης ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''3.18.1; of sound, <b class="b3">αἱ κατακλώμεναι φωναὶ μετὰ φαρμακείην</b> [[broken]], [[feeble]] [[voice]], Hp. ''Coac.''246.