κ1109Κατωκάρα
head downwards
Attic [speakers] read it under one [word]. Aristophanes [writes]: "if it were to be hung from its feet head downwards". Meaning kata\ kefalh=s ["down upon the head"]. To fall on [one's] head is said "head downwards"…
Κατωκάρα· οἱ Ἀττικοὶ ὑφ' ἓν ἀναγινώσκουσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης· εἴπερ ἐκ ποδῶν κατωκάρα κρέμαιτο. ἀντὶ τοῦ κατὰ κεφαλῆς. τὸ ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν πεσεῖν κατωκάρα λέγεται παρὰ Ἀττικοῖς, οὐ…