καθάπτω
Infl. ionic κατ
Infl. fut. ψω
I. "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.
2. "to dress, clothe", in Mid., σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι Eur.
3. intr. in sense of Mid. (II), "to lay hold of", τινός NTest.
II. Mid., καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ 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 id=Od.
2. c. gen. "to assail, attack, upbraid", Hdt., attic;—also, like Lat. antestari, θεῶν καταπτόμενος "appealing to" them, Hdt.
3. "to lay hold of", τυραννίδος Solon.; βρέφεος Theocr.