ἐπαναβαίνω

epanabaino

get up on, mount

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 539b17–540a26

540a22
Book VI 1
Chapter 23 577a18–577b18

577a26
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 747a23–749a6

748a34
Metaphysics 1
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Book Α 1
Chapter 8 988b22–990a32

990a6
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 342b25–344a4

342b34
Physics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 256a4–258b9

257a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπαναβαίνω, poet. ἐπαμβ-, Opp. H. 3.638:—A. get up on, mount, ἐπί τι Ar. Nu. 1487, Eq. 169; ἐπαναβεβηκότες mounted (on horseback), Hdt. 3.85; of a star, rise above the horizon, Arist. Mete. 342b34. 2. of animals, cover, Id. HA 540a22, Clearch. 36. 3. come upon, τὸ γῆρας ἐπαναβάν Com.Adesp. 612. II. go up inland, Th. 7.29. III. to be promoted, εἰς τὰς τῶν ταξιάρχων χώρας X. Cyr. 2.1.23. 2. of αἰτίαι and ἀρχαί, mount upwards, ἐπὶ τὰ ἀνωτέρω Arist. Metaph. 990a6, cf. Ph. 257a22; τὸ ἐπαναβεβηκός higher or more ultimate principle, S.E. P. 1.174; the genus, Sor. 2.6; [ἀρχῆς] οὐδεὶς ἂν εὕροι ἁπλουστέραν οὐδὲ ἐπαναβεβηκυῖαν ἡντινοῦν Plot. 2.9.1; search for higher principles, ἐ. ἀεὶ εἰς ἄπειρον Id. 3.6.1; ἐπαναβεβηκότα τῇ ψυχῇ [νοῦν] Id. 6.9.5. b. transcend, c. gen., Anon. in Prm. in Rh.Mus. 47.617; also c. dat., ἐνέργεια -βεβηκυῖα πάσαις καὶ χρωμένη αὐταῖς ὡς ὀργάνοις ibid.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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