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καίνυ_μι ,
A.overcome, Act. only in imper. καινύτω, μή σ᾽ ἀπάτη φρένα κ. Emp.23.9:—elsewh. καίνυμαι , surpass, excel, in impf., c. acc. pers. et inf. modi, ἐκαίνυτο φῦλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων νῆα κυβερνῆσαι he surpassed mankind in steering, Od.3.282: c. dat. rei, “ ῥα γυναικῶν φῦλον ἐκαίνυτο . . εἰδεΐ τε μεγέθει τεHes.Sc.4: more freq. in pf. and plpf. κέκασμαι, ἐκεκάσμην, Dor. κέκαδμαι, excel one in a thing, c. acc. pers. et dat. rei, “ἐγχείῃ δ᾽ ἐκέκαστο ΠανέλληναςIl.2.530; “ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεΐ θ᾽ ἱπποσύνῃ τε16.808; “ὃς ἀνθρώπους ἐκέκαστο κλεπτοσύνῃ θ᾽ ὅρκῳ τεOd.19.395: c. inf. pro dat. rei, ὁμηλικίην ἐκέκαστο γνῶναι surpassed them all in knowledge, 2.158; “ἐκέκαστο ἰθύνεινA.R.2.867: c. dat. rei only, δόλοισι κεκασμένε excellent in wiles, Il.4.339; “παντοίῃς ἀρετῇσι κεκασμένον ἐν ΔαναοῖσινOd.4.725; “μαντοσύνῃ9.509, cf. Il.5.54; [ἀγλαΐῃ] “μετὰ δμῳῇσι κέκασσαιOd.19.82; “ἐκ πάντων τέχνῃσι κεκασμένος ΟὐρανιώνωνHes.Th.929: c. gen., τῶν σε . . πλούτῳ τε καὶ υἱάσι φασὶ κεκάσθαι above all these (as if ἐκ τούτων), Il.24.546.
II. later, to be adorned, equipped, “ἐλέφαντι ὦμον κεκαδμένονPi.O.1.27; φρουραῖς κέκασται is well furnished with . . , E.El.616; “πανουργίαις μείζοσι κεκασμένονAr.Eq.685; “μῦθος ἀληθείῃ κέκασταιAP3.18.1 (Inscr. Cyzic.): abs., εὖ κεκας μένον δόρυ a well-armed band, A.Eu. 766. -- Poet. word (Pl.R.334b is borrowed from Od.19.395; κεκασμένος etym. of “κεστόςCorn.ND24.)
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 766
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 685
    • Euripides, Electra, 616
    • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, 4
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 929
    • Homer, Iliad, 16.808
    • Homer, Iliad, 24.546
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.530
    • Homer, Odyssey, 19.395
    • Homer, Odyssey, 19.82
    • Homer, Odyssey, 2.158
    • Homer, Odyssey, 3.282
    • Homer, Odyssey, 4.725
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.509
    • Plato, Republic, 334b
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.339
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.54
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.867
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