ὑπόβᾰσις (upobasis)

Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k

What it meant

ὑπόβᾰσις · hypobasis — LSJ

going down, retiring, downwards, downwards through the series, on, successive diminution

going down, retiring, of the Nile floods, Str. 17.1.4; καθʼ ὑπόβασιν downwards, in bandaging, Sor. Fasc. 58; καθʼ ὑπόβασιν τῆς τῶν πρωτείων τάξεως downwards through the series, Ptol. Tetr. 46; οὕτω καθʼ ὑπόβασιν μέχρις ἀπείρου and so on ad infinitum, S.E. M. 9.306, cf. P. 3.87; successive diminution, of the terms in a series, opp. προκοπή, Iamb. in Nic. p.19P.

2 declension, descent

in Neoplatonism, declension, descent from eternity to the world, etc. (v. ὑποβαίνω IV), Procl. in Prm. p.492 S., Inst. 21,97, al., in Ti. 2.206 D., al., Aristid.Quint. 3.10; ὑ. ἑβδοματική Dam. Pr. 205; ἡ κατʼ οὐσίαν αὐτῶν ὑπεροχή τε καὶ ὑ. Hierocl. in CA 1p.419M., cf. Simp. in Ph. 774.21.

3 moral declension, declension

moral declension, Plot. 1.8.7; declension from perfect health, Aët. 4.1.

II stooping, crouching down

stooping or crouching down, esp. of a horse that lowers itself to take up the rider, X. Eq. 1.14; cf. ὑποβιβάζω II.

III basement, pedestal, foot

basement, pedestal, foot, Semus 15, Test.Epict. 8.23, IGRom. 4.685.16 (Sebaste), J. AJ 8.3.6.

In the wild

ὑπόβασίν · hypobasin Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 1.14 (DIORISIS sentence 51)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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