κάθοδος
kathodos
descent
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κάθοδος, Ion. κάτοδος, ἡ, A. descent, esp. of Demeter, 2.378e; represented in mysteries, 1.56; and so of a procession, ἥρωος κ. Aet. 1.1.26: generally, going down, τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ κ. ἡ ἡδονή PA 690b30, cf. Nec. 2; way down, DMort. 27.1; of planets, declination, in Cael. 510.29. 2. ἡ κ. ἡ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, = κατάβασις, An. 1.2.4. 3. journey down the Nile, POxy. 1119.27 (iii A.D.), etc. II. coming back, return, HF 19, 3.114; esp. of an exile to his country, 1.60,61, al., 3.85,5.16, etc.; κ. καὶ ἄδεια 8.81. III. cycle, recurrence, χιλίων ἐτῶν κ. a thousand years twice told, in pl., Ec. 6.6, cf. ; also τρεῖς καθόδους three times, 3 Ki. 9.25, cf. Ex. 34.24, al.; ἄχρι δύο καθόδων twice over, 1.17.
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