Strong G2598καταβάλλω
to lay/throw down
- Transliteration
- kataballō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ab-al'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-βάλλω
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל hi.;]
1. to cast down, prostrate: metaphorically, pass., 2Co.4:9.
2. to put down, lay down: metaphorically, mid., with accusative, θεμέλιον, Heb.6:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל hi.;]
1. to cast down, prostrate: metaphorically, pass., 2Co.4:9.
2. to put down, lay down: metaphorically, mid., with accusative, θεμέλιον, Heb.6:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2598 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cast2
- lay1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 4:9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
- Hebrews 6:1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
- Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταβάλλω,
future -βᾰλῶ: aorist κατέβᾰλον; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάββαλε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.172, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 189, etc.; _imperative_ καββαλόντων “Foed.Delph.Pell.” 1 B 14)]:—throw down, overthrow, κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.414; ἐς μέσσον κ. τι 15.357; ἐνὶ πόντῳ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 189; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.125 (tmesis); ἐπὶ Χθονί 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 462, etc.)]; κ. [τινὰ] ἐνθάδε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.172)]; κ. τὰ οἰκήματα, τὰ ἀγάλματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, 8.109; τεῖχος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.24; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.41; ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15e)]; κ. ἐς τὸ μηδέν to bring down to nothing, opposed to ἐξᾶραι ὑψοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79)]; κάββαλλε τὸν Χείμωνα confound, defy the storm, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34.3.)]
2 κ. ἑαυτόν throw oneself down to sleep, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 38.)]
3 strike down with a weapon, slay, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.692 (tmesis), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64, etc.)]; by a blow, κ. πατάξας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.71)]; especially of slaying victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1603, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.20; κ. θῦμα δαίμοσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1246.)]
3.b passive, to be stricken, νόσῳ [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1121.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
4 throw into prison, κ. τινὰ ἐς ἐρκτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.146)]: generally, throw, bring into a certain state, κ. [τινὰ] ἐς ξυμφοράς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 606, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 58)]; εἰς ἀπορίαν, εἰς ἀπιστίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 15e, “Phd.” 88c, etc.)]
5 overthrow, refute, οἱ -βάλλοντες (i.e. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras: κ. τινά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 125; δόξαν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.20.)]
6 abuse, bully, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.164S.)]
7 cast down or away, cast off, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.24)]: metaphorically, forget, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 111)]; κ. εἴς τι throw away upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 960e:)] —passive, οἱ καταβεβλημένοι despicable fellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.8)]; compare καταβεβλημένως.
II let fall, drop, ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.343; κάββαλε νεβρόν, of an eagle, 8.249)]; of a fawning dog, οὔατα κάββαλεν ἄμφω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.302)]; ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.85)]; of sails, καθ᾽ ἱστία λευκὰ βαλόντες [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 671; τἀκάτια 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 10)]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς βαλεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 574)]; τὰς ὀφρῦς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167)]; κ. τὰ κέρατα droop their feelers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 590b26)]: in Politics, abandon a measure, καταβάλλοντ᾽ ἐᾶν ἐν ὑπωμοσίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103.)]
II.2 lay down, set down, κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.206, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 165, “V.” 727, etc.)]
II.3 lay down, lay in stores, κ. σιτία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.25:)] —passive, κὰτ ἄσπιδες βεβλήμεναι stored up, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.5.)]
II.4 pay down, yield, bring in, ἡ λίμνη καταβάλλει ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρην ἑκάστην τάλαντον ἐκ τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149; τὰς ἐπικαρπίας τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.92, cf. Legal ib. 93.)]
II.4.b pay, τἀργύριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27; τριώβολον 5th-6th c.BC: Amipsias Comicus 13; ἀρραβῶνα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 743, compare “PRev.Laws” 48.10 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; τιμήν τινι ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 932d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 25; τέλη “GDI” 5018a17 (from Gortyn), “PHib.” 29.6 (3rd c.BC))]; λύτρα [Refs (“GDI” 5151.8 (Cretan dialect, found at Delphi))]; καταβαλών σοι δραχμὴν τῶν βοτρύων for them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Her.Praef.” 1)]; κ. ζημίαν pay up, discharge a fine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.83, compare 59.27)]:—later in middle, μισθὸν καταβαλέσθαι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.12.)]
II.5 put in, deposit, in passive, εἰ ἡ μαρτυρία κατεβάλλετο ἐνταῦθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.46)]:—but usually in middle, deposit, γράμματα εἰς κιβωτόν [Refs (“BCH” 25.100 (from Tlos), compare “IG” 12(1).3.15 (from Rhodes))]; ψευδεῖς γραφὰς εἰς τὰ δημόσια γράμματα Docum. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.55; λόγους “IG” 7.2850 (from Haliartus))]; δόγμα [Refs (“GDI” 5182.10 (Cretan dialect, found at Teos).)]
II.6 throw down seed, sow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 37)], compare καταβλητέο; κ. τὸ σπέρμα, of the male, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 908.1)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 5.7.4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33, 1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 4.14: _metaphorically_, σπέρμα κ. τοιούτων πραγμάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.154)]; κ. φάτιν ὡς.. spread abroad a rumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 758 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.7 lay down as a foundation, mostly in middle, τὴν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἀρχὴν καταβαλλόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 803a: especially _metaphorically_, -βαλλομένα μέγαν οἶκτον)] beginning a lament [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare(below 8), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 164 (Lyric poetry); Ἀρίστιππος τὴν Κυρηναϊκὴν φιλοσοφίαν κατεβάλετο 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.22; καταβαλέσθαι τοὐπτάνιον 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.39; ἐξ ἀρχῆς καινὴν νομοθεσίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.20; τὴν Στωϊκῶν αἵρεσιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.329a)]: hence generally, to be the author of, commit to writing, ἱστορικὰς καταβαλόμενοι πραγματείας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.1)]; λόγον Darius cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.13; φλυαρίας 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.476)]:— passive, ὅταν δὲ κρηπὶς μὴ καταβληθῇ.. ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1261: frequently _metaphorically_, δεδημοσιωμένα που καταβέβληται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 232d; πολλοὶ λόγοι πρὸς αὐτὰ -βέβληνται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1096a10)]; καταβεβλημέναι μαθήσεις fundamental, established, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b21)]; τὰ κ. παιδεύματα[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1338a36, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.27S.)]
II.8 with infinitive, γάμον καταβάλλομ᾽ ἀείδειν I begin my song of, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 196.)]
III passive, lie down, εἰς εὐνάν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.11.)]
III.2 like{καταβαίνω} [Refs (II.1,)]arrive at in a course of lectures, εἰς Γοργίαν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “Vita Isidori” 54.)]
B intransitive, fall, εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 344c.)]
future -βᾰλῶ: aorist κατέβᾰλον; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάββαλε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.172, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 189, etc.; _imperative_ καββαλόντων “Foed.Delph.Pell.” 1 B 14)]:—throw down, overthrow, κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.414; ἐς μέσσον κ. τι 15.357; ἐνὶ πόντῳ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 189; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.125 (tmesis); ἐπὶ Χθονί 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 462, etc.)]; κ. [τινὰ] ἐνθάδε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.172)]; κ. τὰ οἰκήματα, τὰ ἀγάλματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, 8.109; τεῖχος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.24; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.41; ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15e)]; κ. ἐς τὸ μηδέν to bring down to nothing, opposed to ἐξᾶραι ὑψοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79)]; κάββαλλε τὸν Χείμωνα confound, defy the storm, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34.3.)]
2 κ. ἑαυτόν throw oneself down to sleep, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 38.)]
3 strike down with a weapon, slay, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.692 (tmesis), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64, etc.)]; by a blow, κ. πατάξας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.71)]; especially of slaying victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1603, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.20; κ. θῦμα δαίμοσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1246.)]
3.b passive, to be stricken, νόσῳ [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1121.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
4 throw into prison, κ. τινὰ ἐς ἐρκτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.146)]: generally, throw, bring into a certain state, κ. [τινὰ] ἐς ξυμφοράς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 606, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 58)]; εἰς ἀπορίαν, εἰς ἀπιστίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 15e, “Phd.” 88c, etc.)]
5 overthrow, refute, οἱ -βάλλοντες (i.e. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras: κ. τινά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 125; δόξαν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.20.)]
6 abuse, bully, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.164S.)]
7 cast down or away, cast off, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.24)]: metaphorically, forget, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 111)]; κ. εἴς τι throw away upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 960e:)] —passive, οἱ καταβεβλημένοι despicable fellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.8)]; compare καταβεβλημένως.
II let fall, drop, ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.343; κάββαλε νεβρόν, of an eagle, 8.249)]; of a fawning dog, οὔατα κάββαλεν ἄμφω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.302)]; ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.85)]; of sails, καθ᾽ ἱστία λευκὰ βαλόντες [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 671; τἀκάτια 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 10)]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς βαλεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 574)]; τὰς ὀφρῦς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167)]; κ. τὰ κέρατα droop their feelers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 590b26)]: in Politics, abandon a measure, καταβάλλοντ᾽ ἐᾶν ἐν ὑπωμοσίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103.)]
II.2 lay down, set down, κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.206, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 165, “V.” 727, etc.)]
II.3 lay down, lay in stores, κ. σιτία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.25:)] —passive, κὰτ ἄσπιδες βεβλήμεναι stored up, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.5.)]
II.4 pay down, yield, bring in, ἡ λίμνη καταβάλλει ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρην ἑκάστην τάλαντον ἐκ τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149; τὰς ἐπικαρπίας τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.92, cf. Legal ib. 93.)]
II.4.b pay, τἀργύριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27; τριώβολον 5th-6th c.BC: Amipsias Comicus 13; ἀρραβῶνα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 743, compare “PRev.Laws” 48.10 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; τιμήν τινι ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 932d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 25; τέλη “GDI” 5018a17 (from Gortyn), “PHib.” 29.6 (3rd c.BC))]; λύτρα [Refs (“GDI” 5151.8 (Cretan dialect, found at Delphi))]; καταβαλών σοι δραχμὴν τῶν βοτρύων for them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Her.Praef.” 1)]; κ. ζημίαν pay up, discharge a fine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.83, compare 59.27)]:—later in middle, μισθὸν καταβαλέσθαι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.12.)]
II.5 put in, deposit, in passive, εἰ ἡ μαρτυρία κατεβάλλετο ἐνταῦθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.46)]:—but usually in middle, deposit, γράμματα εἰς κιβωτόν [Refs (“BCH” 25.100 (from Tlos), compare “IG” 12(1).3.15 (from Rhodes))]; ψευδεῖς γραφὰς εἰς τὰ δημόσια γράμματα Docum. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.55; λόγους “IG” 7.2850 (from Haliartus))]; δόγμα [Refs (“GDI” 5182.10 (Cretan dialect, found at Teos).)]
II.6 throw down seed, sow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 37)], compare καταβλητέο; κ. τὸ σπέρμα, of the male, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 908.1)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 5.7.4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33, 1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 4.14: _metaphorically_, σπέρμα κ. τοιούτων πραγμάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.154)]; κ. φάτιν ὡς.. spread abroad a rumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 758 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.7 lay down as a foundation, mostly in middle, τὴν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἀρχὴν καταβαλλόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 803a: especially _metaphorically_, -βαλλομένα μέγαν οἶκτον)] beginning a lament [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare(below 8), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 164 (Lyric poetry); Ἀρίστιππος τὴν Κυρηναϊκὴν φιλοσοφίαν κατεβάλετο 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.22; καταβαλέσθαι τοὐπτάνιον 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.39; ἐξ ἀρχῆς καινὴν νομοθεσίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.20; τὴν Στωϊκῶν αἵρεσιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.329a)]: hence generally, to be the author of, commit to writing, ἱστορικὰς καταβαλόμενοι πραγματείας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.1)]; λόγον Darius cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.13; φλυαρίας 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.476)]:— passive, ὅταν δὲ κρηπὶς μὴ καταβληθῇ.. ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1261: frequently _metaphorically_, δεδημοσιωμένα που καταβέβληται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 232d; πολλοὶ λόγοι πρὸς αὐτὰ -βέβληνται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1096a10)]; καταβεβλημέναι μαθήσεις fundamental, established, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b21)]; τὰ κ. παιδεύματα[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1338a36, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.27S.)]
II.8 with infinitive, γάμον καταβάλλομ᾽ ἀείδειν I begin my song of, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 196.)]
III passive, lie down, εἰς εὐνάν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.11.)]
III.2 like{καταβαίνω} [Refs (II.1,)]arrive at in a course of lectures, εἰς Γοργίαν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “Vita Isidori” 54.)]
B intransitive, fall, εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 344c.)]