κατα-φῠγή, ἡ,
place of refuge, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; ἔχει γὰρ καταφυγὴν θὴρ μὲν πέτραν, δοῦλος δὲ βωμούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 267 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σωτηρίας a safe retreat, [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 724; μηδεμίαν ἔχειν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.55; μόνην οἴονται κ. εἶναι τοὺς φίλους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1155a12; κύριος κ. μου LXX.Exo.17.15; ἐπί τινα κ. πεποιῆσθαι “Sammelb.” 4638.29 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive object, κ. κακῶν refuge from.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 448 (_plural_); τῶν ἀκουσίων ἁμαρτημάτων κ. εἶναι τοὺς βωμούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.98; κ. ποιεῖσθαι εἰς τέκνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 567 (_plural_), compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.4; ηὕρισκον κ. αὑτοῖς εἰς θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 699b, etc.; ἡ εἰς τοὺς νόμους κ. 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 10; ἐμοὶ πόλις ἐστὶ καὶ κ. καὶ νόμος ὁ δεσπότης 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 581. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II way of escape, excuse, μεγάλων ἀδικημάτων [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.9, compare 54.21 (_plural_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]