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. Epigr. 22, 2.443, etc.; τί δαὶ κατηφεῖς ὄμμα; Med. 1012; of animals, HA 604b12; καὶ κατηφήσαι [ἂν] θεός and well might God grieve, BJ 3.8.4 (v.l. οὓς κατέφησεν).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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