κάτω,
adverb, (κατά):
I) with Verbs implying Motion,
downwards, ἐπισκύνιον κ. ἕλκεται [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of the nether world, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. βλέπειν, φέρεσθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. διεχώρει αὐτοῖς they suffered from diarrhoea, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φάρμακον πῖσαι κ. give a purgative, [
Refs]; κ. βοηθεῖν go
down to help, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; for ἄνω καὶ κάτω, ἄνω κάτω, etc, see at {ἄνω} (B) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2)
downwards, in a chain of causes, ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἰέναι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3) with
genitive,
down from, πετρῶν ὦσαι κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
II) with Verbs implying Rest (so more frequently in Prose),
beneath, below, opposed to ἄνω, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.b)
in the world below, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; οἱ κ.
the dead, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.c) geographically
below, southward, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κ. οἰκεῖν to dwell
on the coast, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. κ. Γαλατία
lower Galatia, Plu [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.d) in the race-course, τὰ κ.
the starting-place, opposed to τὰ ἄνω (the goal), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.e) τὰ κ. τῶν μελῶν
the lower limbs of the body, [
Refs]; ἡ κ. κοιλία, opposed to ἡ ἄνω, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ τὰ κ. χωρεῖν
miscarry, fail, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.f) of Time,
afterwards, later, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἱ κ, opposed to οἱ πάλαι, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοῦ χρόνου κ.
later in time, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ἄνω (B) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.g) in Logic, τὰ κ.
the lower members in a descending series of genera and species, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) with
genitive,
under, below, κ. χθονός, γῆς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
comparative κατωτέρω
lower, downwards, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
genitive,
lower than, below, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.2)
superlative κατωτάτω
at the lowest part, τὰ κ. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]