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καταβῐβ-άζω

katabibazo

make to go down, bring down

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καταβῐβ-άζω · katabib-azō — LSJ

make to go down, bring down, bring from town to country, bring down, lower

make to go down, bring down, τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς πυρῆς Hdt. 1.87, cf. 86; τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ καταστρώματος ἐς κοίλην νέα Id. 8.119; στρατιώτας . . εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Φρυγῶν Hell.Oxy. 16.3; τὴν πόλιν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν Plu. Them. 4; bring from town to country, Id. Cam. 10; down into a mine, Th. 7.86, Plu. Mul.virt. 2.262d: metaph., bring down, lower, κ. σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ αὐχημάτων εἰς τὸ δημοτικώτερον D.H. 7.45:—Pass., κωμῳδία -βιβασθεῖσα εἰς τὸ λογοειδές Str. 1.2.6.

2 force to come down, drive away

force to come down, εἰς τὸ ὁμαλὸν τὸ στρατόπεδον X. HG 4.6.7, cf. Th. 5.65; drive away, Hp. Prorrh. 1.143.

II bring down

bring down, τὴν διήγησιν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ πρώτου Φοινικικοῦ πολέμου D.H. 1.8; τὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τὰ νῦν καθεστῶτα Luc. Rh.Pr. 20.

III bring down, throw, forward

bring down the accent, i.e. throw it forward, A.D. Synt. 213.16, EM 774.34.

IV descending node

Astron., ὁ -βιβάζων (sc. σύνδεσμος) the descending node, Vett.Val. 30.6, Procl. Hyp. 5.101.

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