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κατάγω 1 2 3 4

I.to lead down, Lat. deducere, Od., etc.; esp. into the nether world, id=Od.; εἰς Ἀΐδαο id=Od.
2.to bring down to the sea-coast, Il., Xen.
3.to bring down from the high seas to land, Od.; κατ. ναῦν to bring a ship into port, Hdt., attic: —Pass. to come to land, land, opp. to ἀνάγεσθαι, Od., Hdt., attic
b.κατάγεσθαι παρά τινι to turn in and lodge in a person's house, Lat. deversari apud aliquem, Dem.
4.to draw down or out, spin, Lat. deducere filum, Plat.
5.to reduce to a certain state, ἐς κίνδυνον κ. τὴν πόλιν Thuc.
6.κ. θρίαμβον, Lat. deducere triumphum, Plut.: to escort, like πομπεύω, id=Plut.
7.κ. γένος to derive a pedigree, id=Plut.
8.κατ. βοάν to lower the voice, Eur.
II.to bring back, Lat. reducere, Od.: to bring home, recall, Hdt., attic: generally, to restore, Hdt.:—Pass. to return, Plat., Xen.

1 fut. ξω

2 epic inf. -αξέμεν

3 aor2 κατήγα^γον

4 perf. καταγήοχα

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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