κατακλάω [ᾰ],
B)
imperfect κατέκλων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
aorist 1 -έκλᾰσα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
perfect and
aorist (see. below):—
break short, snap off, ἐπ᾽ ἀνθερίκων καρπὸν θέον οὐδὲ κατέκλων Il.[same place]; κατεκλάσθη δ᾽ ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ δ᾽ αὐχένα νέρθ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίης κλάσσε
bowed it
down, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. τὸν ὀφθαλμόν
ogle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὄμματα κατακεκλασμένα eyes
with drooping lids, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
has been crushed, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
B.II)
metaphorically,
break down, οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε he
broke us all
down, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Ἔρως] κατακλάσας τὸ σοβαρόν [
Refs]:—more frequently in
passive, ἐμοί γε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ, κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν ψαμάθοισι καθήμενος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of fear, ἡμῖν δ᾽ αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ δεισάντων [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of passion, ἐρώτων. νόσῳ φρένας. κατεκλάσθη [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pity, οὐδὲ κατεκλάσθης [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of persuasion, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
B.II.2)
passive, κατακεκλασμένος
reduced by fever, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
metaphorically, of character,
to become enfeebled, degenerate, [
Refs]
perfect participle passive,
enervated, effeminate, of men, [
Refs]; γραφαὶ κ. [
Refs 1st c.BC+] —
active, κ. ἑαυτόν, of an effeminate dancer, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
B.III)
passive, of light,
to be refracted, opposed to ἀνακλᾶσθαι (to be reflected), ὄψεως -κλωμένης [
Refs]; of sound, αἱ κατακλώμεναι φωναὶ μετὰ φαρμακείην
broken, feeble voice, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]