κατασήπω

katasepo

cause

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Phaedo 2
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Chapter ?

86d1
86b4
Letters 1
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361b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατασήπω, A. cause or allow to rot, X. Cyr. 8.2.21:—Pass., rot away, ib.8.2.22; μὴ . . κατὰ χρόα πάντα σᾰπήῃ Il. 19.27; ἕως ἂν κατασαπῇ Pl. Phd. 86d; -σαπέντων τῶν καρπῶν CPHerm. 6.16 (iii A.D.): so in pf. -σέσηπα Ar. Pl. 1035, Philetaer. 9. 2. metaph., cause or allow to linger, τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν τοῖς πάθεσι Gal. 10.264:—Pass., pine away, -σήπεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης ib.263; πρὸς ταῖς ἀλλοτρίαις θύραις -σαπῆναι Arr. Epict. 4.10.20.

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