Καθιππάζεσθαι

to trample underfoot

Translated by David Whitehead16 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 28 words
[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καθιππάζεσθαι· συνελαύνειν, ἐρίζειν, συντρέχειν. ὁ δὲ Βίων ὁ σοφιστὴς ποικίλος ἦν, πλείστας ἀφορμὰς δεδωκὼς τοῖς βουλομένοις καθιππάζεσθαι φιλοσοφίας.

Betacode
*kaqippa/zesqai: sunelau/nein, e)ri/zein, suntre/xein. o( de\ *bi/wn o( sofisth\s poiki/los h)=n, plei/stas a)forma\s dedwkw\s toi=s boulome/nois kaqippa/zesqai filosofi/as.

Notes (1)

  1. 1Diogenes Laertius 4.47. For Bion of Borysthenes cf. alpha 249, sigma 1377, and see generally OCD(4) s.v. Bion(1).
    See LSJ s.v. for both the original (and ongoing) equestrian sense of this verb and its figurative use, as here, first attested in tragedy.     ↩

Neighbouring entries

κ110Καθίμησεlet down [water], lowered [water]κ111Καθιμῶσιthey let down, they lowerκ112Καθιππάζεσθαιto trample underfootκ113Καθίσταset up!κ114Καθιστάμενοςconveying for one's own advantage
Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. added x-refs — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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