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κατά-βᾰσις

katabasis · ἡ

way down, descent

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Where it lives

Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 2 · 1.5/10k
Anabasis 7 · 1.25/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατά-βᾰσις · kata-basis — LSJ

way down, descent

way down, descent, Hdt. 1.186 (pl.), 7.223, etc.; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. Isoc. 10.20, Str. 8.6.12, cf. Hdt. 2.122; title of work by Dicaearchus, Cic. Att. 13.31.2; cf. καταίβασις.

2 descent from

descent from central Asia, X. An. 5.5.4; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. D.S. 14.25.

3 descent

metaph., descent of an idea into the mind, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.242.

4 steep ground, declivity

steep ground, declivity, Demetr. Eloc. 248 (pl.).

5 hanging

ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, LXX 3 Ki. 7.16(29).

In the wild

κατάβασις · katabasis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1126)
καταβάσιος · katabasios Herodotus, Histories 2.122.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2425)
κατάβασις · katabasis Herodotus, Histories 7.223.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8354)
καταβάσει · katabasei New Testament, Luke 19.37 (DIORISIS sentence 993)
κατάβασίς · katabasis Plotinus, Enneads 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 3496)
καταβάσεως · katabaseōs Septuaginta, Ezechiel 48

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Where it came from

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