καταφορ-ά,ἡ, (καταφέρω)
A. conveyance, of materials to the sea, IG 22.1672.125 .
2. bringing down, esp. of a sword,downward stroke, Plb. 2.33.3 , etc.;ἐκ καταφορᾶς cutting, opp.thrusting, Id. 3.114.3 ;τραῦμα ἐκ κ. γεγενημένονaswordwound, Plu. Dio 34 .
3. metaph.,attack, tirade, Phld. Lib. p.48O. (pl.), cf. Hermog. Inv. 4.5 : c. gen., against . . , Anon. in Rh. 53.9 .
4. payment, SIG 230
C 26 , 252.70 (Delph.,iv B.C.).
II. (from Pass. )downward motion, Epicur. Nat. 15.26 , 27 ;descent, fall, καταφοραὶ ὄμβρων
Pl. Ax. 370c
; χαλάζης
J. AJ 6.5.6
; αἱ κ. πέντε, ὑετοῦ, χιόνος, δρόσου, χαλάζης, πάχνης
Theol.Ar. 31
;sinking,κ. ἡλίου sunset, Thphr. Vent. 12 , Anon.Hist.( FGrH 160 ) p.887
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