A.put an end to, stop, “κατέπαυσα θεῶν Χόλον” Od.4.583; μηνιθμὸν καταπαυσέμεν (Ep. fut. inf.) Il.16.62; “πόλεμον καταπαυσέμεν ἀνδρῶν” 7.36; νεῖκος κ. Hes.Th.87; “τὴν ναυπηγίην” Hdt.1.27; “νόσους” A.Supp.586 (lyr.); λιγυρὰν γᾶρυν B.l.c.; “αἱμορραγίαν” Gal.16.777; bring to a close, “τὸν λόγον” Plb.2.8.8; “τὸ σύγγραμμα” Phld.Po.5.26; κ. τὸν πρῶτον λόγον εἰς . . conclude the first section and proceed to . . , Olymp.in Mete.78.9:— Med., “πόνους -παυόμενοι” E.Hel.1154 (lyr.):—Pass., “-παύεται τὰ ἀρρωστήματα τοῖς τῶν ἰατρῶν εὑρήμασι” D.26.26.
II. c. acc. pers., put an end to, i.e. kill, “τάχα κέν σε . . ἔγχος ἐμὸν κατέπαυσε” Il.16.618; “σοῦ κ. τὰς πνοάς” Ar.Av.1397.
2. make one stop from a thing, hinder, check, “μιν καταπαύσῃ ἀγηνορίης ἀλεγεινῆς” Il.22.457; “παῖδας καταπαυέμεν ἀφροσυνάων” Od.24.457; so “κ. τινὰ δρόμου” Pl.Plt.294e: c. part., “κ. ταύτην λαλοῦσαν” Men.66.5: c. acc. only, keep in check, τινα Od.2.244 (cf. 168), Il.15.105.
3. depose from power, κ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς, τῆς βασιληΐης, Hdt.4.1, 6.64; “τοὺς τυράννους” Id.5.38, cf. 2.144, 7.105; Μούσας depose them from their honours, cease to worship them, E. HF685 (lyr.):—Pass., “τῆς βασιληΐης κατεπαύσθη” Hdt. 1.130, cf. 6.71.
b. put down, “τὴν ἑωυτοῦ ἀρχήν” Id.1.86; τὴν Κύρου δύναμιν ib. 90; “δῆμον” Th.1.107; “τοὺς τετρακοσίους” Id.8.97; “τιμὰς ἐνέρων” E.Alc. 31 (anap.).
III. Pass. and Med. (fut. “-πα^ήσομαι” PMag.Lond. 121.916), leave off, cease, Ar.Eq.1265; “λόγος κ. ἐν . .” Pl.Phlb.66c: c. part., οὐ -παήσεται ἐρχομένη PMag. l.c.
IV. Act. used intr. like Med., “μολπᾶν δ᾽ ἄπο . . καταπαύσας πόσις . . ἔκειτο” E.Hec.918 (lyr., s. v.l.); εὐημερῶν κατάπαυσον rest while you are well off, Com.Adesp. 110.8, cf. LXXGe.8.22, al.; κ. τοῦ πορευθῆναι ib.3 Ki.12.24.