καταχώννῡμι
(καταχωννύω [[ “Geoponica” 2.42.5, “Hippiatrica” 34)] Refs], future - χώσω [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 177c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—cover with a heap, overwhelm, bury, ὁ νότος κατέχωσέ σφεας buried them in sand, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.173; κ. τινὰ λίθοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 295 (tmesis); σφέας.. κατέχωσαν οἱ βάρβαροι βάλλοντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225; ἐν λίθοις σφενδόνης LXX.Zech.9.15 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐν κοπρίᾳ [[ “Hippiatrica” [same place] ] Refs]:—passive, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 61.15. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 silt up, dam up, τὸ στόμιον τοῦ λιμένος [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 24.1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, ἐπιρρέοντα καταχώσει.. τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγον with fresh streams they will choke up the channel of our original argument, Pl.[same place]; κ. τινὰ λόγοις [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 512c; τὴν ἐρώτησιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.512e ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be buried in obscurity, τὰ πρῶτα ὀνόματα -κέχωσται ὑπὸ τῶν βουλομένων τραγῳδεῖν αὐτά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 414c; ἐνθυμήσεις μυστικῶς -κεχωσμέναι 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 301.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 overwhelm, ruin, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 63.19. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]