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καταπτήσσω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κατα- (kata-) +‎ πτήσσω (ptḗssō).

Pronunciation

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Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels α and α by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Verb

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καταπτήσσω (kataptḗssō)

  1. to crouch, cower in fear
    • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 252:
      χθονὸς γὰρ πᾶς πεποίμανται τόπος, ὑπέρ τε πόντον ἀπτέροις ποτήμασιν ἦλθον διώκουσ᾽, οὐδὲν ὑστέρα νεώς. καὶ νῦν ὅδ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐστί που καταπτακών.
      khthonòs gàr pâs pepoímantai tópos, hupér te pónton aptérois potḗmasin êlthon diṓkous’, oudèn hustéra neṓs. kaì nûn hód’ enthád’ estí pou kataptakṓn.
  2. (with accusative) to cower beneath
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 11.18:
      ἦν γάρ τι καὶ κατεπτηχὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν οὐκ ἐλάχιστον μέρος ἐκ τῶν συνέδρων.
      ên gár ti kaì kateptēkhòs tḕn exousían ouk elákhiston méros ek tôn sunédrōn.

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