καθάπτω
καθάπτω
Ionic κατ
fut. ψω
to fasten, fix or put upon, τί τινι Soph.; so, κ. τι ἀμφί τινι Eur.; ἐπί τι Xen.:—Pass., βρόχῳ καθημμένος (perf. part.) fastened with a halter, i. e. hung, Soph.
to dress, clothe, in Mid., σκευῇ σῶμʼ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι Eur.
intr. in sense of Mid. (II), to lay hold of, τινός NTest.
Mid., καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γʼ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι or μειλιχίοις do thou accost or address him with gentle words, Hom.; or, ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing or attacking . . , Od.: also without qualifying words, to accost or assail, γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν Od.
c. gen. to assail, attack, upbraid, Hdt., Attic;—also, like Lat. antestari, θεῶν καταπτόμενος appealing to them, Hdt.
to lay hold of, τυραννίδος Solon.; βρέφεος Theocr.