κατάβασις
κατά-βᾰσις,
εως,
ἡ, opp.
ἀνάβασις,
ShortDef
a going down, way down, descent
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Headword (normalized):
κατάβασις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καταβασις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-53663
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κατά-βᾰσις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀνάβασις</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">way down, descent</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.186/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.186 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:223" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.223/canonical-url/"> 7.223 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 10.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:6:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:6:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 8.6.12 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.122 </a>; title of work by Dicaearchus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.perseus-lat1:13:31:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.perseus-lat1:13:31:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Att.</span> 13.31.2 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">καταίβασις</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">descent from</span> central Asia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:5:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:5:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.5.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:14:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:14.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 14.25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">descent</span> of an idea into the mind, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:2:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:2.242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Chrysipp.Stoic.</span> 2.242 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">steep ground, declivity</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:248" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:248/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 248 </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἔργον καταβάσεως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hanging</span> work, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:7:16(29)" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:7.16(29)/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">3 Ki.</span> 7.16(29) </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}