Lexical Definition

‎κατακλάω‎ katakláō (kat-ak-lah'-o) to break ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and ‎κλάω‎

break.

• to break down, i.e. divide

Abbott-Smith

κατα-κλάω, -ῶ, [in LXX: Ez 19:12 (נתשׁ hoph.)*;]
to break up, break in pieces: Mk 6:41, Lk 9:16.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κατακλάω [ᾰ],

__Bimperfect κατέκλων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 -έκλᾰσα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect and aorist (see. below):—break short, snap off, ἐπ᾽ ἀνθερίκων καρπὸν θέον οὐδὲ κατέκλων Il.[same place]; κατεκλάσθη δ᾽ ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ δ᾽ αὐχένα νέρθ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίης κλάσσε bowed it down, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. τὸν ὀφθαλμόν ogle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὄμματα κατακεκλασμένα eyes with drooping lids, [Refs 4th c.BC+]has been crushed, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__B.II metaphorically, break down, οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε he broke us all down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Ἔρως] κατακλάσας τὸ σοβαρόν [Refs]:—more frequently in passive, ἐμοί γε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ, κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν ψαμάθοισι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of fear, ἡμῖν δ᾽ αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ δεισάντων [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of passion, ἐρώτων.. νόσῳ φρένας.. κατεκλάσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pity, οὐδὲ κατεκλάσθης [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of persuasion, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.II.2 passive, κατακεκλασμένος reduced by fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of character, to become enfeebled, degenerate, [Refs]perfect participle passive, enervated, effeminate, of men, [Refs]; γραφαὶ κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+] —active, κ. ἑαυτόν, of an effeminate dancer, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.III passive, of light, to be refracted, opposed to ἀνακλᾶσθαι (to be reflected), ὄψεως -κλωμένης [Refs]; of sound, αἱ κατακλώμεναι φωναὶ μετὰ φαρμακείην broken, feeble voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]