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Καταθεῖ · overruns (κ 554) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near κ554

κ550I overrun you, I ravage you
κ551I disparage you
κ552might contemplate, might look down on
κ553laying-down, putting-aside
κ554overruns
κ555divinely, out of the blue
κ556wrestling down
κ557I crush to pieces, I wrestle down
κ558put down, set down

Suda/Κ kappa/κ554

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Καταθεῖ

overruns

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Nov 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] runs down/lays waste.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καταθεῖ· κατατρέχει.

Betacode

*kataqei=: katatre/xei.

Notes

Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.4.15.
cf. kappa 547, kappa 550, kappa 551; also kappa 929, kappa 930, kappa 1307.

Linked from3 entries

κ547Καταθέεινto run down, to attack[Meaning] to ravage. "The Gepids, since the opportunity of war had not yet come to pass, persuaded them to attack, meanwhile, the territory of the Romans, having created the plot against the Romans as a byproduct of…
κ929Κατέθεονthey were overrunning[Meaning] they were sacking, they were plundering. "The Celts were overrunning the land of the Albanians."
κ930Κατέθειwas overrunning[Meaning he/she/it] was running down/laying waste.

Neighbouring entries

κ552Καταθεῷτοmight contemplate, might look down on κ553Καταθέσειlaying-down, putting-aside κ554Καταθεῖoverruns κ555Κατὰ θεῖονdivinely, out of the blue κ556Καταθλήσαντεςwrestling down

Revision history3 revisions · last 1 May 2019

1 May 2019more cross-references — Catharine Roth
31 Jan 2013augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
4 Nov 2003cosmetic — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Καταθεῖ (Adler number kappa 554), trans. Catharine Roth, 3 Nov 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/554

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗