καταδύω
kataduōVerbG7840
to descend into
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1.intransitive, in active present *καταδύνω *and middle καταδύομαι:—; to go down, sink, set, of the sun, *ἠέλιος κατέδυ *(Iliad by Homer); *ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα *till sun set, (Odyssey by Homer); of ships, to be sunk or rather to be disabled (see. infr. II), (Herdotus Historicus):—;of persons, *καταδεδυκώς *having popped down, (Aristophanes Comicus)
2.to go down into, plunge into, with accusative, καταδῦναι ὅμιλον, μάχην, δόμον, *πόλιν (Homer); followed by a preposition, καταδυσόμεθ᾽ εἰς Ἀί̈δαο δόμους *we will go down into . , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;with a notion of secresy, to insinuate oneself, steal into, (Plato Philosophus)
3.to slink away and lie hid, *καταδύομαι ὑπὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης *(Xenophon Historicus)
4.to get into, put on, *τεύχεα *(Homer)
5.Causal, to make to sink, Lat. submergere, *ἐμὲ καταδύουσι ἄχει *(Xenophon Historicus); mostly in aor1, *τοὺς γαυλοὺς καταδύσας *(Herdotus Historicus); *καταδῦσαι ναῦν *to cut it down to the water's edge, disable it, (Herdotus Historicus)
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