καταποντ-ίζω,
throw into the sea, plunge or drown therein, τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.169, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.403c, etc.: _metaphorically_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Axiopistus Poeta Ethicus 6 (_passive_); κ. τὰς βουλάς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 49.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, variant in [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.60.8; καταποντισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.20; ἐν τῷ πελάγει NT.Matt.18.6; εἰς τὸ πέλαγος Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Timoleon” 13 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]; sink, NT.Mat.14.30; of a ship, [[ “PPetr.” 2p.135 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]