Aristotle Greek Lexicon κατηφέω

κατηφέω

katepheo

to be downcast, to be mute

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κατηφέω, A. to be downcast, to be mute with horror or grief, στῆ δὲ κατηφήσας Il. 22.293; ἀκάχοντο κατήφησάν τʼ ἐνὶ θυμῷ Od. 16.342, cf. Call. Epigr. 22, A.R. 2.443, etc.; τί δαὶ κατηφεῖς ὄμμα; E. Med. 1012; of animals, Arist. HA 604b12; καὶ κατηφήσαι [ἂν] θεός and well might God grieve, J. BJ 3.8.4 (v.l. οὓς κατέφησεν).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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