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κατατολμάω ,
A.behave boldly towards, “τῶν πολεμίων” Plb.3.103.5; make an insolent attack upon, “τῆς πόλεως” Id.12.8.2; “κ. τῆς κοινῆς πίστεως” S.E.M.7.27; “ὁ πρῶτος -ήσας θαλάττης” Philostr.Ep.38; ἐρωμένης ib.16; “ἀλλοτρίων ἔργων” Jul.Or.1.3c; κ. τοῦ καλῶς ἔχοντος presume beyond propriety, Plb.39.1.9: also c. gen., make a bold bid for, “τῆς τῶν ὅλων ἀρχῆς” Id.15.25.28.
II. strengthd. for τολμάω: abs., Id.1.47.10, UPZ42.20 (ii B.C.); κατατετολμηκότες desperate, reckless persons, Phld.Sto.Herc.339.12: c.inf., Plb.2.13.5, LXX 2 Ma. 3.24, Gal.14.644: c. acc., “κ. ἔφοδον” Hld.7.24.
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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