καταπήγνῡμι
and καταπηγνύω [[(4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1324b20)] Refs 4th c.BC+], stick fast in something, plant firmly, [[ ἔγχος μὲν κατέπηξεν ἐπὶ Χθονί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.213 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν δὲ σκόλοπας κ. [[ 7.441, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Av.” 360, “PPetr.” 3p.121 (3rd c.BC), etc.; εἰς τὴν γῆν κ. τὸν καυλόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b20; τὸ κέντρον ἐπὶ δένδρον 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 37.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ -πᾰγέντος σκόλοπος 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.238, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 3.1.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, fix, crystallize, [[ τὴν Χύσιν τῆς ἀπειρίας τῷ περατοειδεῖ δεσμῷ Damascius Philosophus [{5-6th c.AD}] “de Principiis” 57 ] Refs 5th c.AD+].
__II passive, with perfect and pluperfect active, stand fast or firm in, [[ ἰὸς ἐν γαίῃ κατέπηκτο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.378; ἱστὸς -πεπηγώς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Art.” 43; στήλη -πεπηγυῖα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.30 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__II.2 become congealed, freeze, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.55.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of fish, ὑπὸ τοῦ ψύχους κ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 601b31. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]