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καθήκω, Ion.
κατήκω, (v.ἥκω)
A. comeorgo down, esp. to fight, A. Ch. 455 (lyr.).
2. come down to, reach to, ἐς θάλασσαν
Hdt. 7.22
, 130 ;ἐπὶ θάλ. Id. 2.32 , 5.49 , Th. 2.27 ; πρὸς τὸν Μηλιακὸν κόλπον
Id. 3.96
;κέρκος . . εἰς λεπτὸν καθήκουσα taperingaway, Arist. HA 503a20 : metaph., of descent,ὃ[γένος]εἰς αὐτὸν κ. Arr. An. 1.11.8 .
3. come
in due courseto any one,καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγοςthe turn of speakingcameto us, Aeschin. 2.25 ; παρὰ τετάρτην ἡμέραν ἑκάστῃ σημαίᾳ καθήκειν τὴν λειτουργίαν
Plb. 6.33.9
, cf. PCair.Zen. 218.24
(iii B.C.); τῆς βολῆς καθηκούσης ἐς αὐτόν
Plu. Alc. 2
; ἐν τῷ ξυμποσίῳ . . ἐπὶ τὸν Θεσμόπολιν καθῆκε τὸ σκῶμμα
4. of Time, ὁπότε καθήκοι ὁ Χρόνος
; ὅταν οἱ Χρόνοι καθήκωσι
; πρότερον ἢ τὴν ὥραν καθήκειν
(iii B.C.); inpart.,τοῦ καθήκοντος Χρόνουthenormaltime, S. OT 75 , D. 4.35 , cf. Aeschin. 3.126 ;αἱ κ. ἡμέραιtheregular, properdays, D. 59.80 ; ἐν τῇ κ. ὥρᾳ
;ἐν τοῖς κ. καιροῖςib. 573a30 ; of events,ἑορτῆς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας καθηκούσηςas the festivalfellon those days, Plu. Fab. 18 , cf. Plb. 4.7.1 ;ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃwhen itislegallydue, D. 19.185 ;<>ἡ κ. σύνοδοςorἐκκλησία, Plb. 4.14.1 , 1.15.8 , etc.
II. to be meet, fit, proper,τοῖς κ. [νομίμοις] Arist. Pol. 1325a13 ;τὰς ἐσθῆτας τὰς κ. ἀεὶ ταῖς περιθεταῖς suitingthem, Plb. 3.78.3 ;ὁ καθήκων ἐκ τῶν νομίμων ἀριθμός a quorum, D.C. 39.30 ; also καθῆκόν ἐστιν αὐτὸν ἐπαινεῖσθαι
2. impers.,καθήκει μοι it belongsto me,ismyduty, c.inf., οἷς καθήκει ἁθροίζεσθαι
, cf. Cyr. 8.1.4 , etc.: in later writers,impf. καθῆκεinpres.sense,it is meet, proper,οὐδ' ἅψασθαι καθῆκέ τινωνAristeas 149 ; οὐ κ. αὐτὸν ζῆν
: freq. inpart.,τὰ καθήκοντα one's dueorduty, X. Cyr. 1.2.5 ; τὰ κατήκοντα Σπαρτιήτῃσι
;ποιεῖν τὸ κ. Men. 575 : esp. in Stoic philos. (from signf. 1.3 acc. to D.L. 7.108 , cf. κατά
),περὶ τοῦ κ., title of work by Zeno, cf. Stoic. 1.55 , etc.: freq. in pl., ib. 3.30 , etc.;μὴ κ. unbecoming,
3. τὰ κατήκονταthepresent crisis, Hdt. 1.97 , 5.49 ; τὰ κ. πρήγματα
b. τὰ καθήκονταthepayments due, UPZ 42.15
(ii B.C.);τὴν -ουσαν ἡμῖν δίδοσθαι σύνταξιν τῶν δεόντωνib. 6 .
4. Adv. pres. part. καθηκόντως fittingly, properly, Epicur. Ep. 2p.53U. , OGI 90.28 (Rosetta,ii B.C.), Plb. 5.9.6 ,v.l. in
Stoic. 3.188 , Plu. 2.448e ;appropriately, c. dat.,τῷ τόπῳAristeas 81 ; κ. ἔχειν πρός τι
III. τὸ καθῆκονtheprecise proportion, Thphr. Lap. 46 .
References
- A. Ch. 455
- Hdt. 7.22
- 130
- Id. 2.32
- 5.49
- Th. 2.27
- Id. 3.96
- Arist. HA 503a20
- Arr. An. 1.11.8
- Aeschin. 2.25
- Plb. 6.33.9
- PCair.Zen. 218.24
- Plu. Alc. 2
- Luc. Merc.Cond. 34
- X. HG 4.7.2
- Arist. HA 591a8
- PRev.Laws 41.14
- S. OT 75
- D. 4.35
- Aeschin. 3.126
- D. 59.80
- Arist. HA 568a17
- 573a30
- Plu. Fab. 18
- Plb. 4.7.1
- D. 19.185
- Plb. 4.14.1
- 1.15.8
- Arist. Pol. 1325a13
- Plb. 3.78.3
- D.C. 39.30
- Inscr.Prien. 114.32
- X. An. 1.9.7
- Cyr. 8.1.4
- 149
- Act.Ap. 22.22
- X. Cyr. 1.2.5
- Hdt. 7.104
- Men. 575
- 1.3
- D.L. 7.108
- B. 1.3
- Stoic. 1.55
- 3.30
- Ep.Rom. 1.28
- Hdt. 1.97
- Id. 8.19
- 40
- 102
- UPZ 42.15
- 6
- Epicur. Ep. 2p.53U.
- OGI 90.28
- Plb. 5.9.6
- D.S. 1.93
- Porph. Abst. 1.43
- Stoic. 3.188
- Plu. 2.448e
- 81
- Id. 87
- Thphr. Lap. 46
