Καταδυναστεύω

I oppress, I rule harshly over

Translated by David Whitehead8 Nov 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Used] with a genitive. "It is not right to oppress the beggars and the weak."¹ But [sc. also used] with an accusative: "to oppress the working man"; St Basil says [this].²

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Καταδυναστεύω· γενικῇ. οὐκ ἄξιον τῶν πτωχῶν καὶ ἀσθενῶν καταδυναστεύειν. αἰτιατικῇ δέ· καταδυναστεύειν τὸν πένητα· ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειός φησιν.

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Καταδυναστεύω · I oppress, I rule harshly over (κ 537) · Suda

*katadunasteu/w: genikh=|. ou)k a)/cion tw=n ptwxw=n kai\ a)sqenw=n katadunasteu/ein. ai)tiatikh=| de/: katadunasteu/ein to\n pe/nhta: o( a(/gios *basi/leio/s fhsin.

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