κατεπείγω

katepeigo

press down

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Letters 2
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336d8
338e3
Theaetetus 2
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172e1
187d11
Laws 1
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Book VI 1
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781e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατεπείγω, A. press down, χαλεπὸν κατὰ γῆρας ἐπείγει Il. 23.623. 2. press hard, οἱ χρῆσται κατήπειγον αὐτόν his creditors were pressing him hard, D. 33.6, cf. Th. 1.61; κατεπείγει ὕδωρ ῥέον the ebbing water (of the clepsydra) urges him on, Pl. Tht. 172e; ἡ φιλοτιμία κατήπειγεν αὐτόν Id. Ep. 338e: c. acc. et inf., οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς ἐστὶ τὸ κατεπεῖγον τὸ μὴ . . σκοπεῖν Id. Lg. 781e; οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς κ. ἀκοῦσαι D. 24.18; τὸ -επεῖγον πράττειν X. Mem. 2.1.2; τὰ ἀναλώματα τὰ -επείγοντα PFlor. 161.5 (iii A.D.); τὸ κ. alone, the urgent symptom, Gal. 17(2).426; οὔτε τι κωλύει οὔτε -επείγει Hp. Fract. 14; τὰ μάλιστα -επείγοντα Isoc. 8.132, cf. Plb. 1.66.6; τῶν ἐν ἐκείνῳ μὲν τῷ χρόνῳ πραχθέντων, ῥηθῆναι δὲ νῦν οὐ -επειγόντων not urgently requiring mention, Isoc. 12.192; τῆς ὥρας -επειγούσης Plb. 3.99.9; θόρυβος φόβος μετὰ φωνῆς -επείγων Stoic. 3.98:—Pass., to be pressed, Hyp.(?)Oxy. 1607.43, Phld. Rh. 1.138 S.; περί τινος PCair.Zen. 530 (iii B.C.). II. intr., hasten, make haste, ἕπου κατεπείγων Ar. Ec. 293: c. inf., Βοιωτοὶ οὐδέν τι κατήπειγον ξυνάψαι were in no haste, X. HG 4.2.18; οὐδέν κω κατεπείγων αὐτὸς ἥκειν prob. in Hdt. 8.126. III. Med., hasten, ἐκ Κορίνθου Ἀθήναζε Alciphr. 3.51. 2. c. gen., to be anxious, long for . . , Plb. 5.37.10, 30.5.9: also c. dat., press for, τῷ ἐφοδίῳ PSI 6.603.22 (iii B.C.).

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