καθάπτω,
Ionic dialect κατ-,
fasten or
fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις. ἀμφίβληστρον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγκυραν καθάψας
having made it
fast, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
middle, κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—
passive, βρόχῳ καθημμένος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
equip by fastening or hanging on, in
middle, σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive, νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ
with a fawn-skin
slung round him, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
intransitive,
attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος [
NT+2nd c.AD+]
II) used by [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
middle, καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι
do thou
accost him, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος
assailing. , [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a qualifying
adjective,
accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2) after [
Refs 8th c.BC+], with
genitive,
upbraid, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) in military sense,
attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.4)
appeal to, θεῶν. καταπτόμενος
appealing to them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5)
lay hold of, τυραννίδος [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; τῆς θαλάσσης
take to the sea, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
active, καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.6)
to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]