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|Definition=Ion. [[κατάπτω]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fasten]] or [[fix on]], [[put upon]], καθῆψεν ὤμοις… ἀμφίβληστρον S.''Tr.''1051; κ. τι ἀμφί τινι E.''Ion''1006; τι ἐπί τι X.''Cyn.'' 6.9; τι εἴς τι Plb.8.6.3; τι ἔκ τινος Plu.2.647e; <b class="b3">ἄγκυραν καθάψας</b> having made the [[anchor]] [[fast]], Philem.213.10; τὰ ὀστέα καθάπτει τὰ νεῦρα Arist. ''Spir.''483b31:—Med., κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι Theoc.''Ep.''3.4:—Pass., βρόχῳ καθημμένος S.''Ant.''1222, cf. Theoc.''Adon.''11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[equip]] by [[fasten]]ing or hanging on, in Med., σκευῇ σῶμ' ἐμὸν καθάψομαι E.''Rh.''202, cf. ''AP''9.19 (Arch.):—Pass., <b class="b3">νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ</b> [[with]] a [[fawn]]-skin [[sling|slung]] round him, S.''Ichn.''219; καθημμένοι νεβρίδας Str.15.1.71.<br><span class="bld">3</span> intr., [[attach itself]], <b class="b3">εἴς τι, πρός τι</b>, Arist.''HA''514b30, 515a3; later = 11.5, [[fasten upon]], τῆς χειρός τινος ''Act.Ap.''28.3, cf. Poll.1.164.<br><span class="bld">II</span> used by Hom. only in Med., <b class="b3">καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι</b>, in good or bad sense, as, <b class="b3">σὺ τόν γ' ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι</b> do thou [[accost]] him... Il.1.582; <b class="b3">μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος</b> ἐπέεσσιν Od.10.70; <b class="b3">μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι κ.</b> 24.393; but also <b class="b3">ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος</b> [[assail]]ing…, 18.415, 20.323; χαλεποῖσι κ. ἐπέεσσι Hes.''Op.''332: without a qualifying Adj., [[accost]], [[assail]], ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα Il.15.127, cf. Od.2.240; without ἐπέεσσι, γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν 2.39, cf. 20.22, Il.16.421.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., c. gen., [[upbraid]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.69, Th.6.16, Pl.''Cri.''52a, X.''HG'' 1.7.4: abs., Th.6.82.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in military sense, [[attack]], καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας Plb.1.19.14.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[appeal]] to, <b class="b3">θεῶν… καταπτόμενος</b> [[appeal]]ing to them, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.68; Δημαρήτου καὶ ἄλλων μαρτύρων Id.8.65.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[lay hold of]], τυραννίδος Sol.32.3; βρέφεος χείρεσσι Theoc.17.65; <b class="b3">τῆς θαλάσσης</b> [[take to]] the [[sea]], Philostr.''VA''3.23: Act., καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου Arr.''Epict.''3.20.10(cf. 1.3).<br><span class="bld">6</span> to [[be sensitive in respect of]], ψόφου Hp.''Prorrh.''1.16.