A.throw into the sea, plunge or drown therein, τινα Lys. 14.27, D.23.169, Plu.2.403c, etc.: metaph., Axiop.6 (Pass.); “κ. τὰς βουλάς” Lib.Or.49.10:—Pass., v.l. in Plb.2.60.8; “καταποντισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης” D.S.18.20; “ἐν τῷ πελάγει” Ev.Matt.18.6; “εἰς τὸ πέλαγος” Plu.Tim.13; sink, Ev.Matt.14.30; of a ship, PPetr.2p.135 (iii B. C.).
καταποντ-ίζω ,