A.pierce through, Pl.Ti.76b; prick, Gal.12.323 (Act. and Pass.); stab severely, D.S.3.37; cut down, stab, “δόρασι καὶ ξίφεσι” Zos.4.49, cf. 5.23:—Pass., Ctes.Fr.29.54.
2. shoot down, Zos.5.21.
3. metaph., “πάθη κ. τινάς” Ph.1.299:—Pass., ὑπὸ ἀπιστίας κατακεντούμενοι ib.287:—later form κατακεντάννυμι Palaeph. 1, Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.4 (Pass.).