καταικίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κατα- (kata-) +‎ αἰκίζω (aikízō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κᾰταικίζω • (kătaikízō)

  1. to maltreat, disfigure, spoil, despoil, mar
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 3.73:
      καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο βασάνοις καταικισθέντες καὶ τοὺς ἀρχηγοὺς τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς ἀναγκασθέντες εἰπεῖν τῆς προσηκούσης τιμωρίας ἔτυχον σὺν χρόνῳ
      kaì metà toûto basánois kataikisthéntes kaì toùs arkhēgoùs tês epiboulês anankasthéntes eipeîn tês prosēkoúsēs timōrías étukhon sùn khrónōi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 828-829:
      ὦ παῖ, τί δράσεις; σῶμα σὸν καταικιῇ αἰαῖ αἰαῖ
      ô paî, tí dráseis? sôma sòn kataikiēî aiaî aiaî
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