A). -βήσομαι Hes. Th. 750 , etc.: pf. -βέβηκα; Boeot. part. καταβεβάων IG 7.3055 : aor. κατέβην Il. 10.541 , Pi. O. 9.43 , etc.; poet. 3 pl. κατέβαν Il. 24.329 , κατέβησαν LXX 2 Ki. 23.13 ; imper. κατάβηθι Od. 23.20 , Ar. Lys. 873 , Lacon. κάβασι Hsch. , κατάβᾱ Ar. V. 979 , Ra. 35 ; Ep. 1 pl. subj. καταβήομεν ( v.l. -βείομεν ) Il. 10.97 ; late 3 sg. opt. κατάβοι LXX 2 Ki. 1.21 (cod. B), Conon 45.2J. ; poet. part. καββάς Pi. N. 6.51 ; Ep. inf. καταβήμεναι Il. 14.19 :— Med., Ep. aor. 1 κατεβήσετο 6.288 , 13.17 , Od. 2.337 , al. (with v.l. κατεβήσατο ); imper. καταβήσεο Il. 5.109 :—go or come down from .. , c. gen., πόλιος κ. 24.329 ; οὐρανόθεν κ. 11.184 ; Παρνασοῦ Pi. O. 9.43 , etc.: also with Preps., ἐξ ὄρεος Il. 13.17 ; ἐς πεδίον 3.252 , etc.: also c. acc. loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο Od. 2.337 ; κ. Ἀΐδαν, Ἀΐδα δόμον, S. Ant. 822 (anap.), E. Heracl. 913 (lyr.); but κατέβην δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω Od. 23.252 (later abs., die, Lib. Or. 38.16 ); ἔσω κ. Hes. Th. 750 : also c. acc. in quite different senses, κατέβαιν’ ὑπερώϊα she came down from the upper floor, Od. 18.206 , 23.85 ; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came down the ladder, 1.330 ( κ. κατὰ τῆς κλίμακος Lys. 1.9 ); ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβάς having got down by the lading-plank, Od. 14.350 : abs., καταβαίνειν δ’ οὐ σχολή come downstairs, Ar. Ach. 409 ; esp.

1). dismount from a chariot or from horseback, δίφρου Il. 5.109 ; ἐκ τῆς ἁρμαμάξης Hdt. 9.76 ; ἀφ’ ἁρμάτων Pi. N. 6.51 ; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου X. Cyr. 5.5.6 ; but κ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων give up riding, D. 42.24 , cf. Arist. Ath. 49.1 :—hence in Pass., ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, X. Eq. 11.7 .

2). go down from the inland parts to the sea, esp. from central Asia (cf. ἀναβαίνω 11.3 ), Hdt. 1.94 , etc.; also from Athens, κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, Pl. R. 327a , Tht. 142a .

3). go down into the scene of contest, γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. Pi. P. 11.49 ; κ. ἐπ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο (sc. τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) Hdt. 5.22 : abs., = Lat. in certamen descendere, Pi. N. 3.42 , S. Tr. 504 (lyr.), X. An. 4.8.27 ; cf. καταβατέον; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν 'seek no more contests'(μέτρῳ by litotes for μή), Pi. P. 8.78 ; μεθ’ ὅπλων κ. Pl. Lg. 834c .

4). of an orator, come down from the tribune, Lys. 12.92 , D. 19.23 , etc.; rarely in full, κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος ib. 113 ; so κατάβα.--καταβήσομαι Ar. V. 979 ; later, also κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων, to cease from .. , Luc. Tox. 35 , Nec. 1 .

5). less freq. of things, πρὶν .. καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον Il. 14.19 ; of tears, E. Andr. 111 (eleg.); of streams, Pl. Criti. 118d ; of the womb, Arist. HA 582b24 ; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ’ ἱστῶ; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? Theoc. 15.35 ; of the heavenly bodies, set, Vett.Val. 31.3 .

II). metaph.,

1). attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος Pi. N. 3.25 ; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν Pl. R. 511b : abs., attain one's end, ἐν φάει κ. Pi. N. 4.38 ; simply, come to, arrive at in course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, Hdt. 1.116 : usu. c. part., κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενος ib. 90 , cf. 118 , 9.94 ; καταβάς, of a writer, Eun. VS p.454B.

2). κ. εἰς .. conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους Arist. Pol. 1335a11 .

3). condescend, Timocl. 1.2 D.

4). fall in value, POxy. 1223.33 (iv A.D.), cf. Poll. 1.51 .

5). λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does not affect them or get home, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.242 .