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καταβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα aor2 κατέβην poet. 3rd pl. κατέβαν imperat. κατάβηθι or κατάβα Epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν Epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν for -βῶμεν Mid., Epic 3rd sg. aor1 κατεβήσετο imperat. καταβήσεο to step down, go or come down, Lat. descendere, ἐξ ὄρεος from the mountain, Il.; κ. πόλιος to go down from the city, Il.; κ. δίφρου to dismount from the chariot, Il.; c. acc. loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο she came down to her chamber, Od.:—but also c. acc., κατέβαινʼ ὑπερώϊα she came down from the upper floor, Od.; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came down the ladder, Od.; absol. to come down stairs, Ar.; hence in Pass., ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, Xen. to go down from the inland parts to the sea, esp. from central Asia (cf. ἀναβαίνω II. 3), Hdt.; κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, Plat. to come to land, get safe ashore, Pind. to go down into the arena, κ. ἐπʼ ἄεθλα Hdt.; and absol., like Lat. in certamen descendere, Soph., Xen. of an orator, to come down from the tribune, κατάβα: —answer, καταβήσομαι Ar. πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφʼ ἵστω; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? Theocr. metaph., καταβαίνειν εἴς τι to come to a thing in the course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, Hdt.; c. part., κατέβαινεν παραιτεόμενος ended in begging, Hdt.; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν Plat. trans. to bring down, Pind.

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to step down, go

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Headword:

καταβαίνω

Headword (normalized):

καταβαίνω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

καταβαινω

IDX:

16766

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16782

Key:

katabai/nw

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