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καταβαίνω

katabaino

go

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

καταβαίνω, Dor. κᾰβαίνω Alcm. 38: fut. -βήσομαι Hes. Th. 750, etc.: pf. -βέβηκα; Boeot. part. καταβεβάων IG 7.3055: aor. κατέβην Il. 10.541, Pi. O. 9.43, etc.; poet. 3pl. 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. 1pl. subj. καταβήομεν (v.l. -βείομεν) Il. 10.97; late 3sg. 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:—A. 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, κατέβαινʼ 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 δʼ 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; ἀφʼ 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 II.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. ἐπʼ 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; μεθʼ 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 ἀφʼ 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 oneʼs 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. VSp.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.

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