- κατάβασις
- κατά-βᾰσις, εως, ἡ, opp. ἀνάβασις,A way down, descent, Hdt.1.186 (pl.), 7.223, etc.; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. Isoc.10.20, Str.8.6.12, cf. Hdt.2.122; title of work by Dicaearchus, Cic.Att.13.31.2; cf. καταίβασις.2 descent from central Asia, X.An.5.5.4; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. D.S.14.25.3 metaph., descent of an idea into the mind, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.242.4 steep ground, declivity, Demetr.Eloc.248 (pl.).5 ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, LXX3 Ki.7.16(29).
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