A.distribute, allot, freq. of pasture land, “κ. Χώρην τισί” Hdt. 2.109, cf. Isoc.3.28; “τὴν ὀργάδα” D.H.1.79, etc.; “θέαν τινί” D.18.28.
2. distribute, divide into portions, δέκα<Χα> δὲ καὶ τοὺς δήμους κατένειμε ἐς τὰς φυλάς distributed or apportioned them in ten groups among the tribes, Hdt.5.69, cf. Decr. ap. D.59.104: without Prep., “τὸ στράτευμα κατένειμε δώδεκα μέρη” X.Cyr.7.5.13; τὴν νῆσον δέκα μέρη κ. Pl.Criti.113e; of a single person, κ. τινὰ εἰς τὴν τάξιν assign him to his post, Aeschin.1.155:—Pass., “δεῖ τὸ πλῆθος ἐν συσσιτίοις κατανενεμῆσθαι” Arist.Pol.1331a20.
3. graze, “τὰ πρόβατα τὰ -νενεμηκότα τὰ ἐκεῖ” BGU885.6 (ii A.D.); occupy grazing land, PHib.1.52.3 (iii B.C.); of shepherds, pasture, [πρόβατα] Eust.212.39.
2. with aor. and pf. Pass., occupy, overrun, esp. with cattle, feed or graze land, “τὴν Χώραν ἡμῶν -νενέμηνται” Isoc.14.7, cf. ib.20 (also in Act., βοσκήμασι κ. [τὴν Χώραν] Decr. ap. D.18.154); “γέρανοι -ενέμοντο Χώρην” Babr. 26.1: hence, plunder, ravage, “πᾶσαν τὴν Λιβύην” Ath.15.677e.
3. metaph., of a plague, “ἡ λοιμώδης φθορὰ -ενεμήθη τὴν ἀκμάζουσαν ἡλικίαν” Plu.Per.34; ἀλφὸς κ. τὸ σῶμα spreads over, Plu.Art.23; so of fire, spread, “εἰς τὰς πρώτας σκηνάς” Plb.14.4.6.
