- ὑπόβασις
- ὑπόβᾰσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] ὑποβαίνω)A going down, retiring, of the Nile floods, Str.17.1.4; καθ' ὑπόβασιν downwards, in bandaging, Sor. Fasc.58;
καθ' ὑπόβασιν τῆς τῶν πρωτείων τάξεως
downwards through the series,Ptol.
Tetr.46; οὕτω καθ' ὑπόβασιν μέχρις ἀπείρου and so on ad infinitum, S.E.M.9.306, cf. P.3.87; successive diminution, of the terms in a series, opp. προκοπή, Iamb. in Nic.p.19P.2 in Neoplatonism, declension, descent from eternity to the world, etc. (v. ὑποβαίνω IV), Procl. in Prm.p.492 S., Inst.21,97, al., in Ti.2.206 D., al., Aristid.Quint.3.10;ὑ. ἑβδοματική Dam.Pr.205
;ἡ κατ' οὐσίαν αὐτῶν ὑπεροχή τε καὶ ὑ. Hierocl. in CA 1p.419M.
, cf. Simp. in Ph. 774.21.3 moral declension, Plot.1.8.7; declension from perfect health, Aët.4.1.II stooping or crouching down, esp. of a horse that lowers itself to take up the rider, X.Eq.1.14; cf.ὑποβιβάζω 11
.III basement, pedestal, foot, Semus 15, Test.Epict.8.23, IGRom.4.685.16 ([place name] Sebaste), J.AJ8.3.6.
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