καταχώννυμι

katachonnymi

cover with a heap, overwhelm, bury

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Charmides 1
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162c3
Cratylus 1
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414c5
Gorgias 1
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512c1
Meno 1
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72d3
Philebus 1
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26c7

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταχώννυμι( καταχωννύω Gp. 2.42.5, Hippiatr. 34), fut. -χώσω Pl. Tht. 177c:—A. cover with a heap, overwhelm, bury, ὁ νότος κατέχωσέ σφεας buried them in sand, Hdt. 4.173; κ. τινὰ λίθοις Ar. Ach. 295 (tm.); σφέας . . κατέχωσαν οἱ βάρβαροι βάλλοντες Hdt. 7.225; ἐν λίθοις σφενδόνης LXX Za. 9.15; ἐν κοπρίᾳ Hippiatr.l.c.:—Pass., Lib. Or. 61.15. 2. silt up, dam up, τὸ στόμιον τοῦ λιμένος D.S. 24.1. 3. metaph., ἐπιρρέοντα καταχώσει . . τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγον with fresh streams they will choke up the channel of our original argument, Pl.l.c.; κ. τινὰ λόγοις Id. Grg. 512c; τὴν ἐρώτησιν Plu. 2.512e:—Pass., to be buried in obscurity, τὰ πρῶτα ὀνόματα -κέχωσται ὑπὸ τῶν βουλομένων τραγῳδεῖν αὐτά Pl. Cra. 414c; ἐνθυμήσεις μυστικῶς -κεχωσμέναι Vett.Val. 301.9. 4. overwhelm, ruin, Lib. Or. 63.19.

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