καταδύω
or κατα-δύνω:
__I intransitive, in active present καταδύνω and middle καταδύομαι: future -δύσομαι: aorist -εδῡσάμην, Epic dialect 2 and 3rd.pers. singular -δύσεο, -δύσετο:—active, aorist 2 κατέδυν: perfect καταδέδῡκα:—go down, sink, set, especially of the sun (as [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always in _aorist 2_ _active_), ἠέλιος κατέδυ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.475, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅμα.. ἠελίῳ καταδύντι[[ [prev. work] 592; ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.183; ἠελίοιο -δῡομένοιο “hymnus ad Mercurium” 197 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καταδεδυκέναι τὴν [νῆσον] κατὰ θαλάσσης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.235 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of ships, to be sunk or disabled, [[ [prev. author] 8.90, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.92, 7.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.35, etc.; also οἱ ἱππεῖς καταδύνοντες ἐν τέλμασιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.47.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὑφ᾽ ὕδατι duck under water, [[ Batrachomyomachia 89 ] Refs]; καταδεδυκώς having popped down, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 140. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 go down, plunge into, with accusative, καταδῦναι ὅμιλον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.231, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατεδύσετο πουλὺν ὅμιλον[[ [prev. work] 517; καταδύσεο μῶλον Ἄρηος 18.134; so μάχην, δόμον, πόλιν καταδύμεναι, 3.241, 8.375, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.246: followed by _preposition_, μυῖαι καδδῦσαι (_Epic dialect_ for καταδ-) κατὰ.. ὠτειλάς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.25; σπάργαν᾽ ἔσω κατέδυνε “hymnus ad Mercurium” 237 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καταδυσόμεθ᾽.. εἰς Ἀΐδαο δόμους we shall go down into.., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.174; so καταδύνειν ἐς ὕλην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37, compare 4.76 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς φάραγγας, of hares, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἅπασαν [τὴν πόλιν] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 576e; κατὰ τῆς γῆς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.132; κατὰ τέφρας πολλῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of souls, εἰς βυθὸν κ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.943d] Refs 1st c.AD+]: with dative, sink into, ταῖς ὁμοιοπαθείαις [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 38 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]: frequently with a notion of secrecy, insinuate oneself, steal into, καταδύεται εἰς τὸ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς ὅ τε ῥυθμὸς καὶ ἁρμονία [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 401d; ἡ ἀναρχία εἰς τὰς ἰδίας οἰκίας κ. [prev. work] 562e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἡ ψῦξις ἕως πλείστου the cold penetrates most, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.90, compare 6.178. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]