ἀναβαίνω

ἀναβαίνω, impf. ἀνέβαινον: fut. -βήσομαι: (for aor. 1 v. infr. B): aor. 2 ἀνέβην, imper. ἀνάβηθι, -βῶ, -βῆναι, -βάς: pf. -βέβηκα:— Med., aor. 1 -εβησάμην, Ep. 3sg. -εβήσετο, v. infr. B:—Pass., v. infr. II.2:—A. go up, mount, c. acc. loci, οὐρανόν, ὑπερώϊα ἀ. go up to heaven, to the upper rooms, Il. 1.497, Od. 18.302; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει goes up among, ib.6.29; more freq. with Prep., ἀ. εἰς ἐλάτην, ἐς δίφρον, Il. 14.287, 16.657; rarely with ἀνά repeated, ἀνʼ ὀρσοθύρην ἀ. Od. 22.132; after Hom., most. freq. with ἐπί, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλότατα τῶν ὀρέων Hdt. 1.131: c. dat., νεκροῖς ἀ. to trample on the dead, Il. 10.493: metaph., ἐπειδὴ ἐνταῦθα ἀναβεβήκαμεν τοῦ λόγου Pl. R. 445c. II. Special usages: 1. mount a ship, go on board, in Hom. mostly abs.; ἐς Τροίην ἀ. embark for Troy, Od. 1.210; ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀ. 14.252; ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς Th. 4.44, etc.: metaph., ἀναβάσομαι στόλον I will mount a prow, Pi. P. 2.62. 2. mount on horse-back (cf. ἀναβάτης) , ἀ. ἐφʼ ἵππον X. Cyr. 4.1.7, cf. 7.1.3: abs., ἀναβεβηκώς mounted; ἀναβάντες (abs.) ἐφʼ ἵππων ἐλάσαι 3.3.27; ἀ. ἐπὶ τροχόν mount on the wheel of torture, Antipho 5.40. b. c. acc., ἀ. ἵππον mount a horse, Theopomp.Hist. 2:—Pass., [ἵππος] ὁ μήπω ἀναβαινόμενος that has not yet been mounted, X. Eq. 1.1; ἀναβαθείς when mounted, ib.3.4; ἐν ἵππῳ ἀναβεβαμένῳ Id. Eq.Mag. 3.4, cf. 1.4. 3. of land-journeys, go up from the coast into Central Asia, Hdt. 5.100, X. An. 1.1.2; ἀ. παρὰ βασιλέα Pl. Alc. 1.123b. b. go up to a temple, PPar. 47.19, Ev.Luc. 18.10; to a town, Ev.Matt. 20.18, al., cf. PLond. 3.1170b.46 (iii A. D.), etc.; in curses, ἀ. παρὰ Δάματρα πεπρημένος GDI 3536.19 (Cnidus), cf. SIG 1180.9 (ibid.). c. ascend to heaven, Ascens.Is. 2.16. 4. of rivers in flood, rise, Hdt. 2.13; ἀ. ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας overflow the fields, Id. 1.193. 5. of plants, shoot up, ἐπὶ δένδρα X. Oec. 19.18; climb on sticks, Thphr. HP 8.3.2; generally, shoot, spring up, Ev.Matt. 13.7; of hair, X. Smp. 4.23. 6. in Att., ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, or ἀ. alone, mount the tribune, rise to speak, D. 18.66, 21.205, Prooem. 56; ἀ. εἰς τὸ πλῆθος, εἰς or ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον come before the people, before the court, Pl. Ap. 31c, 40b, Grg. 486b; ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὀκρίβαντα mount the stage, Id. Smp. 194b: abs., ἀνάβαινε Ar. Eq. 149; ἀνάβηθι Id. V. 963; of witnesses in court, Lys. 1.29. 7. of the male, mount, cover, ἀ. τὰς θηλέας Hdt. 1.192, cf.Ar. Fr. 329; ἀ. ἐπί Ph. 1.651, cf. Moer. 3:—Pass., Milet. 3.31 (a).6 (vi B. C.). 8. of age, δύο ἀναβεβηκὼς ἔτη τῆς ἡλικίας τῆς ἐμῆς two years older . . , Ach. Tat.1.7. 9. ascend to higher knowledge, ἡ ἀναβεβηκυῖα ἐπιστήμη Simp. in Ph. 15.34, cf. 9.30; τὰ ἀναβεβηκότα generalities, Sor. 2.5. 10. c. acc., surpass, κάλλει τὴν πᾶσαν διακόσμησιν Lyd. Ost. 22. III. of things and events, come to an end, turn out, Hdt. 7.10.θʹ; ἀπό τινος ἀ. result from, X. Ath. 2.17. b. ἀ. ἐπὶ καρδίαν enter into oneʼs heart, of thoughts, LXX 4 Ki. 12.4, Je. 3.16, 1 Ep.Cor. 2.9, cf. Ev.Luc. 24.38. 2. come to, pass over to, ἐς Λεωνίδην ἀνέβαινεν ἡ βασιληΐη Hdt. 7.205, cf. 1.109. IV. return to the beginning, of discourse, Democr. 144a; go back, ἀναβήσεται ἐπὶ τὰς κτίσεις τῶν προγόνων Hermog. Inv. 2.2. B. aor. ἀνέβησα in causal sense, make to go up, esp. put on shipboard, Il. 1.143, Pi. P. 4.191; so in aor. Med., νὼ ἀναβησάμενοι having taken us on board with them, Od. 15.475: rare in Prose, ἄνδρας ἐπὶ καμήλους ἀνέβησε he mounted men on camels, Hdt. 1.80.