καταβῐάζω,
subdue by force, Anon.Hist.[[(“FGrH” 160) “fragment” 1 i 2 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὴν ψυχήν [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.685 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—more frequently in middle, constrain, καταβιάσασθαι παρὰ γνώμην τοὺς πολλούς [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.123; τὴν πόλιν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.28, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.259 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; Χάρισι τὴν δόξαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.385e; τὰ πράγματα πρὸς τὰς ὑποθέσεις ὁμολογεῖν μὴ πεφυκότα κ. [prev. work]75f. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 contend, strive to show, ὢν εὐνοῦχος ἀνὴρ εἶναι κατεβιάζετο [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.256 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II passive, to be forced, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 11, [prev. author] 2.639f] Refs 1st c.AD+]; [νούσημα] ἤδη ὑπὸ Χρόνου πολλοῦ καταβεβιασμένον, of a chronic disease, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Morb. Sacr.” 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]