Plato Greek Lexicon καταφεύγω

καταφεύγω

katapheugo

flee for refuge

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

καταφεύγω, fut. -φεύξομαι D. 8.41:—A. flee for refuge, ἐς τὸ [ἱρόν] Hdt. 2.113, cf. 1.145; ἐπὶ Διὸς βωμόν Id. 5.46: c. acc., οὐκ ἔχω βωμὸν κ. E. IA 911 (troch.); -πεφευγέναι ἐν τόπῳ flee and take refuge in . . , Pl. Sph. 260c, cf. X. HG 4.5.5; ἐκεῖ, ἐνθάδε κ., Th. 3.71, Isoc. 14.28; ὅποι . . X. Mem. 3.8.10; κ. εἴς τινα flee for protection to him, ὃς ἂν φεύγων καταφύγῃ ἐς τούτους Hdt. 4.23; εἰς ὑμᾶς κ. καὶ ἀντιβολῶ And. 1.149; ἐπί τινα D. 18.19, etc.; πρὸς ὑμᾶς Id. 8.41; παρʼ ἡμῖν Isoc. 12.194. 2. ἐκ τῆς μάχης κ. escape from . . , Hdt. 6.75: abs., ἄνω μάλʼ εἶσι καταφυγών (sc. ὁ ἀτμός) Alex. 124.17. 3. have recourse, εἰς ἔλεον Antipho 3.2.2; εἰς σωτηρίαν Id. 2.4.1; εἰς τοὺς λόγους Pl. Phd. 99e, cf. 76e; εἰς ὅρκον Arist. Rh.Al. 1432a38; ἐπὶ τὰς μηχανάς Pl. Cra. 425d; ἐπὶ τὸν δικαστήν Arist. EN 1132a20; ἐπὶ τὸν λόγον ib.1105b13; ἐπὶ Καρχηδονίους Plb. 1.10.1, cf. Plu. Cam. 7; πρὸς θεῶν εὐχάς Pl. Phdr. 244e; ὥς τινας Plb. 24.10.11: c. dat., τῇ μητρί Ctes. Fr. 29.57. 4. εἰς τὴν τοῦ βίου μετριότητα κ. fall back upon, appeal to . . , D. 25.76; ἐπὶ τὸ φάσκειν . . Phld. D. 3.8.
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