Plato Greek Lexicon καταδαρθάνω

καταδαρθάνω

katadarthano

fall asleep

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

καταδαρθάνω, aor. κατέδαρθον (Att. inf. -δάρθειν acc. to Sch.Ar. Nu. 38), Ep. κατέδρᾰθον, subj. καταδράθω Od. 5.471; part. -δαρθόντα Ar. Pl. 300 (-δαρθέντα codd.): aor. 1 Pass. κατεδάρθην is found in later writers, as Philostr. VA 2.36, and 3pl. κατέδαρθεν A.R. 2.1227: pf. καταδεδάρθηκα Pl. Smp. 219c:—A. fall asleep, mostly in aor., to be asleep, ἐν θάμνοισι κατέδραθον Od. 7.285, cf. 23.18; τὼ δʼ ἐς δέμνια βάντε κατέδραθον 8.296; καδδραθέτην, for κατεδραθέτην, 15.494; εἰ δέ κεν . . καταδράθω 5.471; ἔασον . . καταδαρθεῖν τί με Ar. Nu. 38; ὁ μακαρίτης οἴχεται, κατέδαρθεν Ar. Fr. 488.11, cf. Hp. Epid. 5.37, X. Ages. 9.3: in pres., to be falling asleep, opp. ἀνεγείρεσθαι (to be waking), Pl. Phd. 71d, 72b. 2. pass the night, κατέδαρθον ἐν Θησείῳ ἐν ὅπλοις Th. 6.61: so in pf., Pl. Smp.l.c.
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