κατανέμω

κατανέμω, A. distribute, allot, freq. of pasture land, κ. χώρην τισί Hdt. 2.109, cf. Isoc. 3.28; τὴν ὀργάδα D.H. 1.79, etc.; θέαν τινί D. 18.28. 2. distribute, divide into portions, δέκα<Χα> δὲ καὶ τοὺς δήμους κατένειμε ἐς τὰς φυλάς distributed or apportioned them in ten groups among the tribes, Hdt. 5.69, cf. Decr. ap. D. 59.104: without Prep., τὸ στράτευμα κατένειμε δώδεκα μέρη X. Cyr. 7.5.13; τὴν νῆσον δέκα μέρη κ. Pl. Criti. 113e; of a single person, κ. τινὰ εἰς τὴν τάξιν assign him to his post, Aeschin. 1.155:—Pass., δεῖ τὸ πλῆθος ἐν συσσιτίοις κατανενεμῆσθαι Arist. Pol. 1331a20. 3. graze, τὰ πρόβατα τὰ -νενεμηκότα τὰ ἐκεῖ BGU 885.6 (ii A.D.); occupy grazing land, PHib. 1.52.3 (iii B.C.); of shepherds, pasture, [πρόβατα] Eust. 212.39. II. Med., divide among themselves, Th. 2.17, Pl. R. 547b. 2. with aor. and pf. Pass., occupy, overrun, esp. with cattle, feed or graze land, τὴν χώραν ἡμῶν -νενέμηνται Isoc. 14.7, cf. ib.20 (also in Act., βοσκήμασι κ. [τὴν χώραν] Decr. ap. D. 18.154); γέρανοι -ενέμοντο χώρην Babr. 26.1: hence, plunder, ravage, πᾶσαν τὴν Λιβύην Ath. 15.677e. 3. metaph., of a plague, ἡ λοιμώδης φθορὰ -ενεμήθη τὴν ἀκμάζουσαν ἡλικίαν Plu. Per. 34; ἀλφὸς κ. τὸ σῶμα spreads over, Plu. Art. 23; so of fire, spread, εἰς τὰς πρώτας σκηνάς Plb. 14.4.6.