καταστρέφω
Infl. fut. ψω
I. "to turn down, trample on", Hhymn.: "to turn the soil", Xen.
II. "to upset, overturn", Ar.
2. Mid. "to subject to oneself, to subdue", Hdt., Thuc., etc.; κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν "subdued and made" them tributary, Hdt.; so, Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι id=Hdt.
3. Pass., in aor1 and perf., "to be subdued", id=Hdt.; ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι "am constrained to" hear, Aesch.:—but the perf. pass. is also used in sense of Mid., Hdt., Dem.
III. "to turn back, bring back", κατέστρεψε λόγους εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Aeschin.
IV. "to turn round, bring to an end", Aesch.:—absol. "to come to an end, die", Plut.
V. "to twist up": metaph., λέξις κατεστραμμένη "a close periodic" style, opp. to a loose running style (εἰρομένη) Arist.