καταρρέω,
perfect -ερρύηκα: aorist -ερρύην (see. below):— flow down, [[ αἷμα καταρρέον ἐξ ὠτειλῆς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.149, 5.870; κατὰ δὲ νότιος ῥέεν ἱδρὼς ὤμων καὶ κεφαλῆς 11.811; κατὰ δ᾽ αἷμα.. ἔρρεε Χειρός 13.539 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποταμοὶ κατ᾽ ὄρεσφι ῥ. [[ 4.452; καταρρέον φλέγμα ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.187 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers, παρὰ τὴν Ἄλτιν κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 7.4.29; τὸ καταρρέον ὕδωρ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__2 of men, stream, rush down, [[ ἁθρόοι καταρρέοντες Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 26 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; οἱ δὲ ἐμπαλασσόμενοι κατέρρεον, i. e. into the river, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.84; μὴ σφαλεὶς καταρρυῇς Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Pax” 146, compare 71 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; sink down, [[ κ. ἀπὸ τῆς κλίνης ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3; εἰς τοὺς ὁμαλοὺς τόπους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.14.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τοῦ τέγους κ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 41: with _accusative_, τὴν ἀτραπὸν κατερρύην Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “fragment” 47 ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__3 of fruit, leaves, etc., fall, drop off, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 1.5.10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “CP” 4.13.3, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 fall in ruins, [[ τὰ τοιαῦτα.. περὶ αὑτὰ καταρρεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, [[ κατερρύη τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀνδρεῖον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “fragment” 557 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σιγᾷ κατερρύη μέλος uncertain in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “fragment” 177 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a crater, fall in, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.11.12 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a roof, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.44.3, etc.; νεκροῦ κατερρυηκότος τὰς σάρκας] Refs 2nd c.AD+] having collapsed, [[ [prev\. author] 10.2.6; καταλείβεσθαί νιν καὶ κ. ὥσπερ τοὺς κολοσσούς _Abh. Berl. Akad.?? 1925(5).21 (from Cyrene). ] Refs]