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κατ-άγω [ᾰγ],
future -ξω[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist κατήγᾰγον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.164, 4th c.BC: Epigenes Comicus 7: rarely ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 κατῆξα[[ variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.20, “PGrenf.” 2.44 (2nd c.AD), 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 10.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect aorist infinitive -αξέμεν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.53: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect καταγήοχα[[ Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.73 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—lead down, especially into the nether world, ψυχὰς μνηστήρων κατάγων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.100; εἰς Ἀΐδαο 11.164, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.34, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.6.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, bring down to a place, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.163; τὴν ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν ὕλην εἰς τὸ ἄστυ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118d, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; bring down a river or canal, [[ “PGrenf.” [same place]] Refs]:—passive, [[ “POxy.” 708.3 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 draw down, κατῆγεν ἦγεν ἦγεν ἐς μέλαν πέδον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1065 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially by magic arts, κ. τὸν Δία [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 15; ἀετόν [prev. work] 8 ] Refs 1st c.AD+], uncertain meaning in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.9.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 bring down to the sea-coast, κατάγειν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.26, compare 6.53; ἐπὶ θάλατταν τὸ στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.18. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3.b launch, σκάφος εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 bring down from the high seas to land, τὸν Κρήτηνδε κατήγαγε ἲς ἀνέμοιο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.186 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, put in to shore,[[ 3.10 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus (κατάγοντο codices)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; especially for purposes of exacting toll or plundering, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.33, “An.” 5.1.11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25, +others; κ. ναῦς ἐς τοὺς ἑαυτῶν συμμάχους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.28; also κ. τοὺς ἐμπόρους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.95.4, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σαγήνην draw it to land, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 4 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τοῦ πνεύματος κλύδωνα κατάγοντος πολύν bringing in a heavy swell from the sea, [[ [prev. author] “Mar.” 36; ὥρα πνεῦμα λαμπρὸν ἐκ πελάγους κατάγουσα [prev. author] “Them.” 14 ] Refs]:—passive, come to land, land, opposed to ἀνάγεσθαι, of seamen as well as ships, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.178; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς νηΐ κατηγαγόμεσθα 10.140, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.43; Σίγειον οὐρίῳ πλάτῃ κατηγόμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 356; κατάγεσθαι ἐς τὸν Μαραθῶνα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107, compare 8.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 240c; εἰς τὸν λιμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.36. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4.b κατάγεσθαι παρά τινι turn in and lodge in a person's house, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 344, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.39, “PFlor.” 248.11 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥς τινα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.22; εἰς οἰκίαν [prev. author] 49.22; εἰς πανδοκεῖον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.773e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 draw down or out, spin, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 46, 4th c.BC: Epigenes Comicus 7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 226b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατάγουσα, ἡ, spinning-girl, statue by Praxiteles, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 34.69: _metaphorically_, κ. λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 80e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 reduce to a state, ἐς κίνδυνον φανερὸν κ. τὴν πόλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ οἶνος εἰς ὕπνον κ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 13.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7 bring home, gain, θρίαμβον καὶ νίκην τῇ πατρίδι [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.33.7; ἐκ πολέμων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 24 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; escort, ἐπὶ τιμητείαν [[ [prev. author] “Aem.” 38, etc. ] Refs]
__8 κ. γένος derive a pedigree, ἀπό τινος [[ [prev. author] 2.843e, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus 61 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, τὰ στέμματα κατάγεται εἴς τινα are traced down to.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 1; φᾶμαι κατάγοντο 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 1.39 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] P.; of persons, to be descended, ἀπό τινος [[ 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “Vita Platonis;” p.1 W. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__9 derive a word, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.242 (_passive_)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, derive, ὅθεν δεῖ κατῆχθαι καὶ πῶς ἀποδεικνύειν [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.203S. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. [βοάν] lower the voice, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 149 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, bring down, lower, πρὸς αὑτόν to one's own standard, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 40.11. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__10 in Medicine texts, couch a cataract, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).680. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__11 wind up a torsion-engine, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 76.13 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 79.6; ὁ κατάγων τὴν Χεῖρα 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 75.9. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__12 καταγόμενος current, ἐνιαυτός [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 27.16. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II bring back, κατὰ δὲ φρόνιν ἤγαγε πολλήν brought back much news [of Troy], [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.258 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially from banishment, recall, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 647, 660, etc.; κ. οἴκαδε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, restore, τυραννίδας ἐς τὰς πόλις [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; εἰς τὰς πατρίδας.. εἰρήνην 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.105.2; ἐκ ταλαιπωρίας 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.58c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, return, ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
