κατακρᾰτ-έω,
prevail over, with genitive person, κατακρατεῖν ἀνδρὸς εἴωθεν γυνή [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 646, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.14.4; τῶν πολεμίων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.30.5: _metaphorically_, of pleasure, κ. τοῦ οἴκου “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.98 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also with accusative, τους ἄλλους ἀρετῇ κ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.29; ὁ ἵππος πρεσβύτερος ἤδη ὢν οὐ κ. τὰς θηλείας “PCair.Zen.” 225.8 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, to be overcome, ὑπὸ νόμου βελτίονος [[ 7th c.BC: Zaleucus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.2.19. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, prevail, gain the mastery, gain the victory, κατὰ μοῖρ᾽ ἐκράτησεν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 101 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.168, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 840e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ Πηνειὸς τῷ οὐνόματι κατακρατέων ἀνωνύμους τοὺς ἄλλους [ποταμοὺς] εἶναι ποιέει [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.129 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an opinion, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.15 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of planetary influence, predominate, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 18, +others ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II with accusative of things, gain the mastery over, ἀμάχους ῥώμας, εὔνοιαν, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.117, 438 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; win, στέφανον [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 9.13:] Refs 1st c.AD+] with genitive _of things_, τῆς προθέσεως become master of one's purpose, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.38.9; τοῦ γενέσθαι τι [prev. author] 28.13.13; τῶν ὅλων [prev. author] 3.81.10 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; retain possession of, τῆς πόλεως [[ [prev. author] 1.8.1 ] Refs]; master, τῆς Ελληνικῆς διαλέκτου [[ [prev. author] 39.1.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.10; ἰδιότητος 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 33. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]