A.inroad, raid, Th.1.142; ἐνέδραι καὶ κ. Id.5.56; “καταδρομὰς ποιεῖσθαι” Id.7.27, etc.; “κ. γενομένης” Lys.20.28; “ὥσπερ κ. ἐποιήσω ἐπὶ τὸν λόγον μου” Pl.R.472a; charge, of troops in battle, LXX 2 Ma.5.3; assault, PRein.18.19(pl., ii B.C.).
2. metaph., attack, invective, “κ. μέλλει περὶ ἐμοῦ ποιεῖσθαι” Aeschin.1.135, cf. D.H.Th.3; “κατά τινος” Plb.12.23.1; “ἐν καταδρομῆς μέρει λέγεται περί τινος” S.E.M. 2.43.
2. perh. = cryptoporticus, IGRom.4.159.23 (Cyzicus).