κατασπάω

kataspao

draw, pull down

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 9 491b14–33

491b17

Chapter 15 493b12–494b18

494a9
On the Heavens 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 269b18–270b31

270a9
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8

750b35
Meteorology 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 370b3–371b17

371a15
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

812b26

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατασπάω, fut. -άσω [ᾰ]: pf. -έσπᾰκα Ar. Eq. 718:—A. draw, pull down, μολυβδὶς ὥστε δίκτυον κατέσπασεν S. Fr. 840; κατασπάσαι τινὰ τῶν τριχῶν drag one down by the hair, Ar. Lys. 725; τινὰ τοῦ σκέλους Antiph. 86.3; κ. τὰς πεντηκοντέρους haul them down to the sea, set them afloat, Hdt. 1.164, cf. 7.193; τὰ σημεῖα κατεσπάσθη (in token of defeat), Th. 1.63; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου X. An. 1.9.6; κατεσπακὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of one frowning, Alciphr. 3.3:—Pass., to be drawn down, τὰ κατασπώμενα . . κἀνασπώμενα, of the limbs of puppets, X. Mem. 3.10.7; κατεσπασμέναι ὀφρύες, of one frowning, Arist. HA 491b17; κατασπᾶσθαι ἐς ὕπνον, ἐς δάκρυα, Luc. DMar. 2.2, Anach. 23. b. gather fruit from, τὸν ἐλαιωνοπαράδεισον, prob. in PSI 1.33.26 (iii A.D.). 2. Pass., to be displaced downwards, of a dislocated bone, Hp. Mochl. 4, 5; to be convulsed, suffer a spasm, Id. Epid. 3.17.βʹ (or perh. to be drawn, as in facial paralysis); fall into a trance, PMag.Lond. 121.549. II. draw down or forth, τὰ γυναικεῖα Hp. Epid. 6.8.32, cf. Arist. GA 750b35; γάλα Dsc. 3.58; draw off, τὸ τὴν νοῦσον παρέχον Hp. Loc.Hom. 30 (Pass.); χυμοὺς κ. [τὸ λουτρόν] App.Anth. 3.158. III. quaff, swallow down, Ar. Eq. 718, Ra. 576, Antiph. 204.13. IV. pull down, οἶκον, ἄλση, LXX 2 Ch. 24.7, 34.7; τὰ ὑψηλά ib. 31.1, cf. PTeb. 5.134 (ii B.C., Pass.); τὴν Σμύρναν Str. 14.1.37, cf. 16.2.30 (Pass.); κ. τὰς τάξεις break the ranks, Plb. 1.40.13: metaph., Phld. D. 1.17. V. lower, τὴν φωνήν Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.9.5. VI. precipitate, Zos.Alch.p.195 B. (Pass.). VII. v. κατασπεύδω.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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