καταφέρω
kataphero
bring down
Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
καταφέρω, fut. κατοίσω Per. 28, -οίσομαι Il. 22.425: aor. 1 κατήνεγκα Ge. 37.2, inf. -ενεγκεῖν 1.62.9; Dor. κατέφειρα GDI 2317.8 (Delph.):—A. bring down, once in , οὗ μʼ ἄχος ὀξὺ κατοίσεται Ἄϊδος εἴσω will bring me down to the grave, Il. l.c.; βαρυπεσῆ καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν Eu. 370 (lyr.); of rivers, κ. χρυσίον, γῆν, Mir. 833b17, Pr. 935a16: Com., ὁ Κρᾶθις ἡμῖν κ. μάζας 6.1; esp. of cutting instruments, κ. τὴν σμινύην NA 11.32; τὴν δίκελλαν, τὴν σφῦραν, Tim. 7, Prom. 2: c. dat. obj., κ. τὸ ξίφος τῷ πολεμίῳ let it fall upon him, 2.236e: c. gen., τὴν ἅρπην τῆς ἰξύος 1.3; τῶν γνάθων τὸ ξυρόν 3.66: metaph., ψόγον τινός Ge. 37.2: abs., hew downwards, deal a blow, DDeor. 8, Somn. 3; κ. πληγήν Tim. 40, cf. 11.69 (but also κατήνεγκε πληγαῖς τὴν κεφαλήν PTeb. 138 (ii B.C.)). b. pull down, demolish, πύργους 4.64.11; ἥλους (warts) Ven. 10.4. c. pay down, discharge, Oec. 1348a2, 1.62.9, 33.13.6, GDI 1754 (Delph.), Per. 28. d. pass, evacuate, τὰ σπλάγχνα μετὰ τῶν σιτίων BJ 5.9.4. e. refer a thing, ἀπό τινος ἐφʼ ἕτερον, v.l. for μεταφέρειν, Lex ap. 21.94. f. carry down, in reckoning, etc., πλῆθος ἀμήχανον ἐτῶν Num. 18; τὸ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας εἰς τὰ ζῷα 1.4.1. 2. Pass., to be brought down by a river, of gold dust, 1.93; from an upper story, 47.63; to move downwards with violence, to be discharged, of humours, Epid. 6.8.18; to be couched, of a cataract, -ενεχθέντος τοῦ ὑποχύματος 7.89. b. descend, sink, HA 590b8; κ. ὁ ἥλιος, ἡ σελήνη, ἡ ἡμέρα, ib.552b21, Nic. 21, Tim. 12; κ. ὁ λύχνος is near going out, Caes. 69; κ. [ἡ ἄμπελος] is perishing, HP 4.13.5; of dancers, κ. ἐπὶ γῆν 36 , cf. 228; of a sick person, κ. καθάπερ νεκρόν 7.591; but ἐπὶ πόδας, of a patient in bed, 18(2).60. c. fall, flow down, of rain or rivers, Gp. 5.2.16, Hsch. s.v. Πεντέλεια. d. tumble down, αἱ οἰκίαι κ. ἐπί τινα . . Dio 44; ἀφʼ ὕψους -ενεχθεῖσα γυνή 2.84. e. to be weighed down, ἐν τοῖσιν ὕπνοισι v.l. in Epid. 4.45, cf. 5.50; κ. καὶ νυστάζειν Somn.Vig. 456b31; ἐς ὕπνον DMeretr. 2.4; ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ Act.Ap. 20.9, cf. Gym. 54; ὑπὸ μέθης 11.461c: abs., drop asleep, opp. ἐγείρεσθαι, GA 779a9, Insomn. 462a10; to be semi-comatose, ἀγρυπνεῖν τε ἅμα καὶ -εσθαι 16.497. II. carry back, carry home, Ach. 955. 2. of a storm, drive to land, ὁ χειμὼν κατήνεγκε τὰς ναῦς ἐς τὴν Πύλον 4.3, cf. 3.24.11:— Pass., καταφέρεται χειμῶνι ἐς τὸ Ἀθηναίων στρατόπεδον 1.137, cf. 3.69: generally, in Pass., to be landed, discharged, of cargoes, PFlor. 278ii 13 (iii A.D.), etc. III. Pass., metaph., to be brought to a point, ἐπὶ γνώμην, ἐλπίδα, etc., 30.19.13, 6.9.3, 2.6.1; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς διανοίας Lys. 17, cf. Mort. 29, al.: abs. (cf. καταφορά II.3), ib.30:—also Act., have recourse, ἐπʼ οὐθὲν ψεῦδος Rh. 1.159 2. tend, ἡ [σύνταξις] ἐπὶ τὸ προστακτικὸν φύσει κ. Synt. 232.8; τῶν ῥημάτων -φερομένων εἰς τὴν ἐπὶ τέλους βαρεῖαν ib. 134.25. 3. enter the lists, like Lat. descendere in arenam, Or. 59.67. IV. bring against, τὴν διαβολὴν κ. τινός Rh.Al. 1437a19. V. intr. in Act., to be prone, inclined, κ. εἰς τὰς γυναῖκας POxy. 465.146.
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