καταστροφ-ή, ἡ,
overturning, [[ θεσμίων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 490 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry, plural).
__2 subjugation, reduction, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 92, etc.; καταστροφὴν ποιήσασθαί τινος [prev\. author] 6.27; ἐπὶ Λιβύων καταστροφῇ πέμπεσθαι [prev\. author] 4.167; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων καταστροφῇ ἐξιέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, [[ καταστροφαὶ ἐθνῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.255 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 return of vibrating string to axial position, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 921a17 (_plural_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II end, close, conclusion, [[ ἄνευ δὲ λύπης οὐδαμοῦ καταστροφή Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 442 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. βίου, i.e. death, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 103, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.54.4, etc.; κ. τοῦ ζῆν Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Περικειρομένη” 12: without βίου, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent.” 35; ποία κ. εὐδαιμονεστέρ; 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 4.10.17; τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν τῆς κ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] the event of their life's end, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.8.6; κ. καὶ συντέλεια τῶν γεγονότων [prev\. author] 3.1.9; κ. λαμβάνειν [prev\. author] 3.47.8 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὴν κ. τῆς βίβλου ποιεῖσθαι εἰς.. [[ [prev\. author] 1.13.5 ] Refs]; in the drama, dénouement, ending, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 191.19, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Aut.” 22.6, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 60, +others, Euanth. et 4th c.AD: Donatus, Aelius Grammaticus Latinus in “CGF” pp.67,69 K.: _plural_, αἱ κ. τῶν δραμάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.48.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].