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ἀποβαίνω

apobaino

step off from

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀποβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι, with Ep. aor. 1 -εβήσετο Il. 2.35: aor. 2 ἀπέβην: pf. ἀποβέβηκα—in these tenses intr. (pres. not in Hom.):— Α. step off from a place, νηὸς ἀ. alight, disembark from a ship, Od. 13.281; ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν, ἀπὸ τῶν πλοίων, Hdt. 5.86,4.110; ἐκ τῶν νεῶν X. HG 5.1.12:abs., disembark, Hdt. 2.29, Th. 1.111, etc.; ἀ. ἐς χώρην Hdt. 7.8.βʹ, cf. E. Fr. 705, Th. 4.9, Lys. 2.21; ἐς τὴν γῆν Th. 1.100; ἐξ ἵππων ἀ. ἐπὶ χθόνα dismount from a chariot, Il. 3.265, cf. 11.619; ἵππων 17.480; but in D. 61.23 τὸ ἀποβαίνειν seems to be the art of leaping from horse to horse (cf. ἀποβάτης) τῇ συνωρίδι τοῦ ἀποβάντος IG 9(2).527.10 (Larissa): generally, ἀβάτων ἀποβάς having stepped off ground on which none should step, S. OC 167. 2. go away, depart, Il. 1.428, 5.133, etc.; ἀπέβη πρὸς μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον 24.468; πρὸς δώματα, κατὰ δῶμα, Od. 4.657,715; μετʼ ἀθανάτους Il. 21.298: c. gen., ἀ. πεδίων E. Hec. 140; ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης X. Eq.Mag. 1.16; of death, ἀπὸ δὲ φθίμενοι βεβᾶσι E. Andr. 1022; of hopes, vanish, come to nought, Id. Ba. 909 (lyr.). II. of events, issue, result from, τὰ ἔμελλε ἀποβήσεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης Hdt. 9.66; τἀναντία ἀπέβη resulted, Pl. Phlb. 39a, cf. Lg. 782e; ὅ τι ἀποβήσεται Id. Prt. 318a, etc.; τὸ ἀποβαῖνον, contr. τὠποβαῖνον, the issue, event, Hdt. 2.82, etc.; τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα, τὸ ἀποβάν, the results, Th. 1.83, 2.87; τὰ ἀποβησόμενα the probable results, Id. 3.38, cf. S.E. M. 5.103. 2. freq. with an Adv. or other qualifying phrase, σκοπέειν . . τὴν τελευτὴν κῇ ἀποβήσεται how it will turn out, issue, Hdt. 1.32; ἀ. τῇ περ εἶπε ib.86; ἀ. κατὰ τὸ ἐόν ib.97; ἀ. παρὰ δόξαν, ἀ. τοιοῦτον, Id. 8.4,7.23; τοιόνδʼ ἀπέβη τόδε πρᾶγμα E. Med. 1419, cf. X. Cyr. 1.5.13; πολέμου τοιοῦτον ἀπέβη τὸ τέλος Plb. 26.6.15; οὐδὲν αὐτῷ . . ὡς προσεδέχετο ἀπέβαινεν Th. 4.104, cf. 3.26; παρὰ γνώμην ἀ. 5.14; opp. κατὰ γνώμαν ἀ. Theoc. 15.38; πῶς ἡ φήμη δοκεῖ ὑμῖν ἀποβῆναι; And. 1.131. 3. abs., turn out well, succeed, ἡ ὑπόσχεσις ἀπέβη Th. 4.39, cf. 5.14; of dreams, turn out true, Arist. Div. Somn. 463b10. 4. of persons, with an Adj., turn out, prove to be so and so, ἀ. οὐ κοινοί prove partial, Th. 3.53; ἀ. χείρους Pl. Lg. 952b; φρενιτικοὶ ἀ. Hp. Coac. 405; τύραννος ἐκ βασιλέως ἀ. Plb. 7.13.7; also of a wound, ἰάσιμον ἀ. Pl. Lg. 878c. b. with εἰς . ., ἀ. εἰς τὰ πολιτικὰ οἱ τοιοῦτοι prove fit for public affairs, Id. Smp. 192a; ἐς ἀλαθινὸν ἄνδρʼ ἀ. Theoc. 13.15. c. of conditions, etc., ἀπέβη ἐς μουναρχίην things ended in a monarchy, Hdt. 3.82; εἰς ἓν τέλεον καὶ νεανικόν Pl. R. 425c; ἀποβήσεται εἰς μαρτυρίαν Ev.Luc. 21.13. 5. of space, μέγεθος μὲν ἦν πρὸς τὸν Ἠριδανὸν ἀποβεβηκῦα reaching, extending to . ., Pl. Criti. 112a. 6. τῷ ἀποβεβηκότι ποδί with the hind foot, opp. τῷ προβεβηκότι, Arist. IA 706a9. B. causal, in aor. 1 ἀπέβησα, cause to dismount, disembark, land (in which sense ἀποβιβάζω serves as pres.), ἀ. στρατιήν Hdt. 5.63, 6.107; ἐς τὴν Ψυττάλειαν Id. 8.95. II. hence, in Pass., τὸ ἀποβαινόμενον σκέλος a leg put out so as not to bear the weight of the body, Hp. Art. 52:—Act., Id. Mochl. 20.
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