κατατήκω,
Doric dialect κατα-τάκω [ᾱ], melt or thaw away, and in passive, to be melted or thawed, [[ ὡς δὲ χιὼν κατατήκετ᾽.. ἥν τ᾽ Εὖρος κατέτηξεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.205; κ. ὦπας δάκρυσι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 6; ψυχὴν λύπαις 3rd c.AD: Diogenes Laertius 8.18; κατατήκεσθαι τὸ θυμοειδές 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.103 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] K.
__2 dissolve, [[ λίτρον κ. τὰς σάρκας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87, compare “POxy.” 40.8 (2nd-3rd c.AD); ἀέρα κ. πῦρ, i.e. rarifies it, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ti.” 61a; κ. ὁ χρόνος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 221a31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ αἷμα dilute it, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.262. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically, κ. τέχνην εἴς τι waste art and skill upon a thing, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Dem.” 51. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II passive, with perfect active κατατέτηκα, melt away, [[ κατατήκομαι ἦτορ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.136 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ σπλάγχνα κατατετηκότα ἐξάγειν dissolved, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87; κατατάκομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 187 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ant.” 977 (Lyric poetry, tmesis), ὑπὸ τοῖ.. ἄλγους κατατέτηκα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Plutus” 1034; ἔρωτι κατατήκεσθαι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Smp.” 8.3, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 104: so with _genitive_ added, τούτω κατετάκετο.. ἔρωτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.26 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. ἐν ψήφοις wear oneself away in.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 12. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]