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κατ-άγω [α^γ], fut.
A.“-ξω” Th.1.26, etc.: aor. “κατήγα^γον” Od.11.164, Epig.7: rarely aor. 1 κατῆξα v.l. in X.HG2.2.20, PGrenf.2.44 (ii A. D.), Philum.Ven.10.4: Ep. aor. inf. “-αξέμεν” Il.6.53: pf. καταγήοχα Decr. ap. D.18.73:—lead down, esp. into the nether world, “ψυχὰς μνηστήρων κατάγων” Od.24.100; “εἰς Ἀΐδαο” 11.164, cf. Pi.O.9.34, Paus. 3.6.2: generally, bring down to a place, Od.20.163; “τὴν ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν ὕλην εἰς τὸ ἄστυ” Pl.Criti.118d, etc.; bring down a river or canal, PGrenf.l.c.:—Pass., POxy.708.3 (ii A. D.).
2. draw down, “κατῆγεν ἦγεν ἦγεν ἐς μέλαν πέδον” E.Ba.1065; esp. by magic arts, “κ. τὸν Δία” Plu.Num.15; ἀετόν ib.8, dub. sens. in Thphr.CP2.9.4.
3. bring down to the sea-coast, “κατάγειν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας” Il.5.26, cf. 6.53; “ἐπὶ θάλατταν τὸ στράτευμα” X.Ages.1.18.
b. launch, “σκάφος εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν” Callix.1.
4. bring down from the high seas to land, “τὸν Κρήτηνδε κατήγαγε ἲς ἀνέμοιο” Od.19.186: abs., put in to shore, 3.10 Aristarch. (κατάγοντο codd.); esp. for purposes of exacting toll or plundering, X.HG4.8.33, An.5.1.11, D.5.25, al.; “κ. ναῦς ἐς τοὺς ἑαυτῶν συμμάχους” X.HG5.1.28; also “κ. τοὺς ἐμπόρους” Plb.5.95.4, cf. D.S.20.82; κ. σαγήνην draw it to land, Plu.Sol.4; τοῦ πνεύματος κλύδωνα κατάγοντος πολύν bringing in a heavy swell from the sea, Id.Mar.36; “ὥρα πνεῦμα λαμπρὸν ἐκ πελάγους κατάγουσα” Id.Them.14:—Pass., come to land, land, opp. ἀνάγεσθαι, of seamen as well as ships, Od.3.178; “ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς νηΐ κατηγαγόμεσθα” 10.140, cf. Hdt.4.43; “Σίγειον οὐρίῳ πλάτῃ κατηγόμην” S.Ph.356; “κατάγεσθαι ἐς τὸν Μαραθῶνα” Hdt.6.107, cf. 8.4, Pl.Mx.240c; “εἰς τὸν λιμένα” X.HG6.2.36.
b. κατάγεσθαι παρά τινι turn in and lodge in a person's house, Eup.344, X.Smp.8.39, PFlor.248.11 (iii A. D.); “ὥς τινα” D.52.22; “εἰς οἰκίαν” Id.49.22; “εἰς πανδοκεῖον” Plu.2.773e.
5. draw down or out, spin, Pherecr.46, Epig.7, Pl.Sph.226b; κατάγουσα, ἡ, spinning-girl, statue by Praxiteles, Plin.HN34.69: metaph., “κ. λόγον” Pl.Men.80e.
6. reduce to a state, “ἐς κίνδυνον φανερὸν κ. τὴν πόλιν” Th.4.68; ὁ οἶνος εἰς ὕπνον κ. Ael.VH13.6.
7. bring home, gain, “θρίαμβον καὶ νίκην τῇ πατρίδι” Plb.11.33.7; “ἐκ πολέμων” Plu.Fab. 24; escort, “ἐπὶ τιμητείαν” Id.Aem.38, etc.
8. κ. γένος derive a pedigree, “ἀπό τινος” Id.2.843e, Nic. Dam.61 J.:—Pass., τὰ στέμματα κατάγεται εἴς τινα are traced down to . . , Plu.Num.1; “φᾶμαι κατάγοντο” Call.Fr.1.39 P.; of persons, to be descended, “ἀπό τινος” Olymp. Vit.Pl.p.1 W.
9. derive a word, S.E.M.1.242 (Pass.): generally, derive, “ὅθεν δεῖ κατῆχθαι καὶ πῶς ἀποδεικνύειν” Phld.Rh.1.203S.; κ. [βοάν] lower the voice, E.Or.149 (lyr.): metaph., bring down, lower, πρὸς αὑτόν to one's own standard, D.Chr.40.11.
10. Medic., couch a cataract, Gal.18(2).680.
11. wind up a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.76.13:—Pass., HeroBel.79.6; “ὁ κατάγων τὴν Χεῖρα” Ph.Bel.75.9.
12. καταγόμενος current, “ἐνιαυτός” Vett.Val.27.16.
II. bring back, κατὰ δὲ φρόνιν ἤγαγε πολλήν brought back much news [of Troy], Od.4.258; esp. from banishment, recall, Hdt. 1.60, Th.1.26, A.Th. 647,660, etc.; “κ. οἴκαδε” X.An.1.2.2: generally, restore, “τυραννίδας ἐς τὰς πόλις” Hdt.5.92.“ά; εἰς τὰς πατρίδας . . εἰρήνην” Plb.5.105.2; “ἐκ ταλαιπωρίας” Jul.Or.2.58c:—Pass., return, “ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον” X.An. 3.4.36.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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