καταπήγνυμι

katapegnymi

stick fast

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 28 555b18–556a7

555b20
Book VIII 1
Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

601b31
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15

1324b20

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταπήγνυμι and καταπηγνύω (Arist. Pol. 1324b20), A. stick fast in something, plant firmly, ἔγχος μὲν κατέπηξεν ἐπὶ χθονί Il. 6.213; ἐν δὲ σκόλοπας κ. 7.441, cf. Hdt. 4.72, Ar. Av. 360, PPetr. 3p.121 (iii B. C.), etc.; εἰς τὴν γῆν κ. τὸν καυλόν Arist. HA 555b20; τὸ κέντρον ἐπὶ δένδρον Philum. Ven. 37.1:—Pass., -πᾰγέντος σκόλοπος S.E. P. 1.238, cf. Thphr. HP 3.1.1. 2. metaph., fix, crystallize, τὴν χύσιν τῆς ἀπειρίας τῷ περατοειδεῖ δεσμῷ Dam. Pr. 57. II. Pass., with pf. and plpf. Act., stand fast or firm in, ἰὸς ἐν γαίῃ κατέπηκτο Il. 11.378; ἱστὸς -πεπηγώς Hp. Art. 43; στήλη -πεπηγυῖα Hdt. 7.30. 2. become congealed, freeze, Plb. 3.55.5; of fish, ὑπὸ τοῦ ψύχους κ. Arist. HA 601b31.

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