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Κατατρέχω · I run down, I overrun (κ 832) · Suda

Letters

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 κ832

κ828in accordance with the
κ829I jeer at, I sneer at
κ830I cripple you, I disable you, I wound you
κ831overrunning
κ832I run down, I overrun
κ833to be about to consume
κ834I put to flight, I rout
κ835merry-making, luxury, pleasure
κ836I delight in

Suda/Κ kappa/κ832

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Κατατρέχω

I run down, I overrun

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Aug 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

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1 note · 34 words

Translation

In reference to animate beings [this verb is used] with a genitive: "I run down deer". But in reference to inanimate [things], [it is used] with an accusative: "[he] overruns Egypt, [he] plunders¹ Syria↗".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατατρέχω· ἐπὶ μὲν ἐμψύχων γενικῇ· κατατρέχω νεβρῶν. ἐπὶ δὲ ἀψύχων αἰτιατικῇ· κατατρέχει Αἴγυπτον, ληΐζεται Συρίαν.

Betacode

*katatre/xw: e)pi\ me\n e)myu/xwn genikh=|: katatre/xw nebrw=n. e)pi\ de\ a)yu/xwn ai)tiatikh=|: katatre/xei *ai)/gupton, lhi/+zetai *suri/an.

Notes (1)

Similar notes in the Syntacticum Laurentianum and Syntacticum Gudianum; cf. kappa 550, kappa 551. Neither of the quotations are identifiable. For the verb katatre/xw see also kappa 831, kappa 1006.
1For this verb cf. lambda 424.

Linked from3 entries

κ831Κατατρεχόντωνoverrunning[Meaning they] plundering, sacking. "With the Huns overrunning the Roman cities, [that] many cities came to their aid [...]". "[...] and for them to overrun the whole city, setting it on fire."
κ927ΚατέδραμονI overran, they overran[Used] with an accusative.
κ1006Κατέτρεχενwas overrunning[Meaning he/she/it] was sacking, was plundering, was laying waste. "He was overrunning the territory of [the] Illyrians and Thracians."

Neighbouring entries

κ830Κατατραυματίζω σεI cripple you, I disable you, I wound you κ831Κατατρεχόντωνoverrunning κ832ΚατατρέχωI run down, I overrun κ833Κατατρίψεινto be about to consume κ834ΚατατροποῦμαιI put to flight, I rout

Revision history2 revisions · last 6 Feb 2013

6 Feb 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
11 Aug 2008augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κατατρέχω (Adler number kappa 832), trans. Catharine Roth, 10 Aug 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/832

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