The corpus record

ὑποκατα-βαίνω

upokatabaino

descend by degrees

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Where it lives

Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὑποκατα-βαίνω · hypokata-bainō — LSJ

descend by degrees, come down

descend by degrees, Hdt. 2.15, Hp. Prog. 11, Th. 7.60, Clearch. ap. J. Ap. 1.22, Gal. 18(2).145; come down, X. An. 7.4.11, D.C. 40.26.

2 go back gradually, relax

go back gradually, i.e. relax severity of régime, Hp. Aph. 1.7.

3 settle down

settle down, Arist. Pr. 938b31, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.20.

4 lower down in the text

ὑποκαταβάς, lower down in the text, Eust. 1351.43, al.

In the wild

ὑποκαταβαίνοντας · hypokatabainontas Herodotus, Histories 2.15.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1638)
ὑποκατέβησαν · hypokatebēsan Thucydides, History 7.60.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5167)
ὑποκαταβὰς · hypokatabas Xenophon, Anabasis 7.4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 3432)
ὑποκαταβεβηκότες · hypokatabebēkotes Xenophon, Hellenica 4.6.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1680)
ὑποκαταβαίνοντες · hypokatabainontes Xenophon, Hellenica 4.6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1673)

Where it came from

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