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κάθοδος

kathodos · ἡ

descent, procession, going down

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Where it lives

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What it meant

κάθοδος · kathodos — LSJ

descent, procession, going down, way down, declination

descent, esp. of Demeter, Plu. Isid. 2.378e; represented in mysteries, Herod. 1.56; and so of a procession, ἥρωος κ. Call. Aet. 1.1.26 [Fr. 178.26 Pf.]: generally, going down, τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ κ. ἡ ἡδονή Arist. PA 690b30, cf. Luc. Nec. 2; way down, Id. DMort. 22[27].1; of planets, declination, Simp. in Cael. 510.29.

2

ἡ κ. ἡ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, = κατάβασις, Arr. An. 1.2.4.

3 journey down

journey down the Nile, POxy. 1119.27 (iii A.D.), etc.

II coming back, return

coming back, return, E. HF 19, Th. 3.114; esp. of an exile to his country, Hdt. 1.60, 61, al., Th. 3.85, 5.16, etc.; κ. καὶ ἄδεια Id. 8.81.

III cycle, recurrence, twice told, times, twice over

cycle, recurrence, χιλίων ἐτῶν κ. a thousand years twice told, in pl., LXX Ec. 6.6, cf. Phot.; also τρεῖς καθόδους three times, LXX 3 Ki. 9.25, cf. Aq. Ex. 34.24, al.; ἄχρι δύο καθόδων twice over, Alex.Trall. 1.17.

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